Frank The Darwin Economy

Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good
With a New afterword by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4498-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Robert H. Frank is an economics professor at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, a regular 'Economic View' columnist for the New York Times, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. His books, which have been translated into twenty-two languages, include The Winner-Take-All Society (with Philip Cook), The Economic Naturalist, Luxury Fever, What Price the Moral High Ground?, and Principles of Economics (with Ben Bernanke).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frank, Robert H.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
Chapter 1 Paralysis 1
Chapter 2 Darwin's Wedge 16
Chapter 3 No Cash on the Table 30
Chapter 4 Starve the Beast--But Which One? 46
Chapter 5 Putting the Positional Consumption Beast on a Diet 64
Chapter 6 Perpetrators and Victims 84
Chapter 7 Efficiency Rules 100
Chapter 8 "It's Your Money." 119
Chapter 9 Success and Luck 140
Chapter 10 The Great Trade-Off? 157
Chapter 11 Taxing Harmful Activities 172
Chapter 12 The Libertarian's Objections Reconsidered 194
Afterword to the Paperback Edition 217
Notes 223
Index 235

Über Autor(innen)

Robert H. Frank is an economics professor at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, a regular "Economic View" columnist for the New York Times, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. His books, which have been translated into twenty-two languages, include The Winner-Take-All Society (with Philip Cook), The Economic Naturalist, Luxury Fever, What Price the Moral High Ground?, and Principles of Economics (with Ben Bernanke).