Beyond the invisible hand: groundwork for a new economics
Auteur :
Basu, Kaushik
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691173696
Date de publication :
2 août 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
One of the central tenets of mainstream economics is Adam Smith's proposition that, given certain conditions, self-interested behavior by individuals leads them to the social good, almost as if orchestrated by an invisible hand. This deep insight has, over the past two centuries, been taken out of context, contorted, and used as the cornerstone of