Humanistic Economics: The New Challenge - Softcover

Lutz, Mark; Lux, Kenneth

9780942850062: Humanistic Economics: The New Challenge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942850068 ISBN 13: 9780942850062

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1988

Economics has long been imprisoned by a one-dimensional view of the person and the narrow assumption of self-interest that this entails. Humanistic Economics breaks out of this paradigm by proposing an alternative framework that is no longer incompatible with actions undertaken for the sake of deeply held values, compelling reasons, and higher interests.

The new theoretical foundation makes it possible to discuss in a new light questions of social institutions, such as the relationship between government and the market, as well as social policy goals like full employment, industrial democracy, and balanced international trade. Equipped with this basic insight, the authors proceed to century-old ideologies of individualist capitalism and scientific socialism.

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About the Author:

Amitai Etzioni is University Professor at the George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies. He is the author of numerous books, including "The Monochrome Society", "The Limits of Privacy", and "The New Golden Rule". He is a past president of the American Sociological Association.

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