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Economics for a Civilized Society

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  • © 1988

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  1. Greg Davidson

    1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA

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  2. Paul Davidson

    1. University of Tennessee, USA

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This is an attempt to identify the philosophical underpinnings which have led us to place an over-reliance on the motivation of self-interest in governing our society. It analyzes the role of civic values in modifying economic behaviour.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. In Pursuit of Civilization

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 1-28

  3. The Political Economy of Civilization

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 29-51

  4. What’s Wrong with Economists?

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 52-68

  5. Why Taxpayers Pay their Taxes

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 69-95

  6. The Basic Problem of an Entrepreneurial System — Unemployment

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 96-116

  7. Unemployment Develops Because Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 117-133

  8. Controlling Inflation

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 134-157

  9. Policy for a Civilized Global Economy — Whose International Debt Crisis is it Anyway?

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 158-192

  10. A Final Summing Up

    • Greg Davidson, Paul Davidson
    Pages 193-200

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 201-213
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  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA

    Greg Davidson

  • University of Tennessee, USA

    Paul Davidson

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