The company of strangers : a natural history of economic life
Paul Seabright
| Year of publication: |
2010 ; Rev. ed.
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| Authors: | Seabright, Paul |
| Publisher: |
Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press |
| Subject: | Soziologie | Sociology | Arbeitsteilung | Division of labour | Sozialpsychologie | Social psychology | Institutionenökonomik | Institutional economics | Sozialkapital | Social capital | Evolutionsökonomik | Evolutionary economics | Soziales Verhalten | Social behaviour | Vertrauen | Confidence | Soziales Netzwerk | Social network | Wirtschaft | Soziales Kapital | Soziobiologie | Wirtschaftssoziologie |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | XVII, 376 S. Ill., Kt. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Bibliografie enthalten ; Bibliography included |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Who's in charge? -- Man and the risks of nature -- Our violent past -- How have we tamed our violent instincts? -- How did the social emotions evolve? -- Money and human relationships -- Honor among thieves : hoarding and stealing -- Honor among bankers? : what caused the financial crisis? -- Professionalism and ful.lment in work and war -- The city, from ancient Athens to modern Manhattan -- Water : commodity or social institution? -- Prices for everything? -- Families and firms -- Knowledge and symbolism -- Exclusion : unemployment, poverty, and illness -- States and empires -- Globalization and political action -- Conclusion : how fragile is the great experiment?. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-14646-1 |
| Classification: | Wirtschaftssoziologie, Wirtschaftspsychologie |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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