Social Economics: Premises, Findings and Policies (New Directions in Social Economics)

✍ Scribed by Edward O'boyle

• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 224
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Social Economics is a way of thinking about economic affairs that begins with the philosphical foundations. It begins at this level, frequently overlooked by mainstream economists, to illustrate how critical premises are in the construction of an economy and the repair of a dysfunctional economy. Social Economics uses these premises to undertake a rich range of empirical and policy related work. Much of this work is represented in this volume, which brings together leading practioners from the field of social economics. Subjects addressed include: * values and premises in social economics * justice, solidarity and community * repairing the dysfunction of capitalist economies * the transition from command economies

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 8
Editor’s preface......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
1 ECONOMIC HISTORY AS A SOURCE OF SOCIOECONOMIC NORMATIVE VALU......Page 19
2 JOHN STUART MILL......Page 28
3 PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS......Page 42
4 GAIN-SEEKING: THE ECONOMORAL NEXUS......Page 56
5 THE INVESTMENT DECISION AS MORAL CHOICE......Page 68
6 SOLIDARITY AND COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD ECONOMY......Page 84
7 SELF-INTEREST, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, AND THE GENERAL WELFARE......Page 100
8 DOUBTS ABOUT COMPETITION......Page 118
9 ETHICAL CONFLICTS IN MANAGING THE S&L INSURANCE MESS......Page 134
10 THE CIVIL WORLD OF BUSINESS......Page 154
11 CATHOLIC SOCIAL DOCTRINE AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER......Page 177
12 ETHICAL POLICY MAKING IN THE TRANSITION ECONOMIES......Page 187
13 TELKOM TELETRA......Page 200
Index......Page 215