Seabright The Company of Strangers

A Natural History of Economic Life - Revised Edition
Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3478-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten

Paul Seabright is professor of economics at the Toulouse School of Economics. He has been a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, and Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seabright, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xv

Trust and Panic: Introduction to the Revised Edition 1

Part I: Tunnel Vision 15

Chapter 1: Who's in Charge? 17

Prologue to Part II 33

Part II: From Murderous Apes to Honorary Friends: How Is Human Cooperation Possible? 35

Chapter 2: Man and the Risks of Nature 37

Chapter 3: Our Violent Past 55

Chapter 4: How Have We Tamed Our Violent Instincts? 65

Chapter 5: How Did the Social Emotions Evolve? 80

Chapter 6: Money and Human Relationships 91

Chapter 7: Honor among Thieves: Hoarding and Stealing 106

Chapter 8: Honor among Bankers? What Caused the Financial Crisis? 116

Chapter 9: Professionalism and Fulfillment in Work and War 134

Epilogue to Parts I and II 147

Prologue to Part III 151

Part III: Unintended Consequences: From Family Bands to Industrial Cities 155

Chapter 10: The City, from Ancient Athens to Modern Manhattan 157

Chapter 11: Water: Commodity or Social Institution? 172

Chapter 12: Prices for Everything? 186

Chapter 13: Families and Firms 204

Chapter 14: Knowledge and Symbolism 226

Chapter 15: Exclusion: Unemployment, Poverty, and Illness 244

Epilogue to Part III 263

Prologue to Part IV 265

Part IV: Collective Action: From Belligerent States to a Marketplace of Nations 269

Chapter 16: States and Empires 271

Chapter 17: Globalization and Political Action 288

Chapter 18: Conclusion: How Fragile Is the Great Experiment? 302

Notes 317

References 343

Index 365

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Seabright is professor of economics at the Toulouse School of Economics. He has been a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, and Churchill College, University of Cambridge.