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In this book, economist and evolutionary game theorist Daniel Freidman demonstrates that our moral codes and our market systems, while often in conflict, are really devices evolved to achieve similar ends, and that society functions best when morals and markets are in balance with each other.
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'Anyone interested in markets and morals, perhaps the central issue of our time, should read this very interesting and thoughtful book.' - Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, USA
'The message markets plus moral is excellent, it is consonant with behavioral game theory's results, including experiments with small-scale societies, and with McCloskey's recent book on bourgeois morality. But, Friedman's message is simpler and clearer.' - Herbert Gintis, Santa Fe Institute, Central Europe University (Budapest), Hungary
'I have been waiting for someone to write this book for a long time. Its use of historical anecdotes to explain why one cannot divorce a society's economics from its social contract is utterly convincing.' - Ken Binmore, Professor Emeritus, University College London, UK
'This book expertly addresses the most important issues confronting the continued evolution of morals and instituions for human socioeconomic betterment.' - Vernon L. Smith, George L. Argyros Chair in Finance& Economics, Chapman University, USA
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DANIEL FRIEDMAN is Professor of Economics at UC Santa Cruz, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Morals and Markets
Book Subtitle: An Evolutionary Account of the Modern World
Authors: Daniel Friedman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230614987
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Daniel Friedman 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60097-3Published: 28 November 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37051-1Published: 28 November 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61498-7Published: 15 September 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 261
Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Business Ethics, Marketing, Economic History