The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens

by Samuel Bowles

Book Overview

Why do policies and business practices that ignore the moral and generous side of human nature often fail? Should the idea of economic man--the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus--determine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300163800
• ISBN13: 9780300163803
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"