Seven Deadly Economic Sins
Descriere
You have heard of the Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Each is a natural human weakness that impedes happiness. In addition to these vices, however, there are economic sins as well. And they, too, wreak havoc on our lives and in society. They can seem intuitively compelling, yet they lead to waste, loss, and forgone prosperity. In this thoughtful and compelling book, James Otteson tells the story of seven central economic fallacies, explaining why they are fallacies, why believing in them leads to mistakes and loss, and how exorcizing them from our thinking can help us avoid costly errors and enable us to live in peace and prosperity.
Despre autor
James R. Otteson este un filosof și economist politic american. Deține titlul de profesor John T. Ryan Jr. de Etică în Afaceri la Universitatea Notre Dame. În trecut, a fost titularul Catedrei Prezidențiale Thomas W. Smith în Etică în Afaceri, profesor de Economie și director executiv al Institutului Eudaimonia la Universitatea Wake Forest.
