Virgil Henry Storr

Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals?

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The most damning criticism of markets is that they are morally corrupting. As we increasingly engage in market activity, the more likely we are to become selfish, corrupt, rapacious and debased. Even Adam Smith, who famously celebrated markets, believed that there were moral costs associated with life in market societies.This book explores whether or not engaging in market activities is morally corrupting. Storr and Choi demonstrate that people in market societies are wealthier, healthier, happier and better connected than those of societies where markets are more restricted. More provocatively, they explain that successful markets require an… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Choi, Ginny Seung

ISBN: 978-3-030-18416-2
EAN: 9783030184162
Produktnummer: 32401921
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 5'911 KB

Über den Autor

Virgil Henry Storr is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and the Don C. Lavoie Senior Fellow in the F.A. Hayek Program in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Mercatus Center. Ginny Seung Choi is Associate Director of Academic & Student Programs; a Senior Fellow in the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics; and a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Saint Vincent College.