The Street Porter and the Philosopher. Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism.

. Ed(s): Peart, Sandra J.; Levy, David M.

ISBN 10: 0472116444 / ISBN 13: 9780472116447

Published by The University of Michigan Press, 2008

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Adam Smith, asserting the common humanity of the street porter and the philosopher, articulated the classical economists' model of social interactions as exchanges among equals. This work explores the premise that all social interactions are exchanges among inherently equal human beings. Editor(s): Peart, Sandra J.; Levy, David M. Num Pages: 436 pages, 14 figures, 6 tables. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771. . 2008. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Street Porter and the Philosopher. Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism.
• Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0472116444
• ISBN 13: 9780472116447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Adam Smith, asserting the common humanity of the street porter and the philosopher, articulated the classical economists' model of social interactions as exchanges among equals. This model had largely fallen out of favor until, recently, a number of scholars in the avant-garde of economic thought rediscovered it and rechristened it "analytical egalitarianism." In this volume, Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy bring together an impressive array of authors to explore the ramifications of this analytical ideal and to discuss the ways in which an egalitarian theory of individuality can enable economists to reconcile ideas from opposite ends of the political spectrum.

"The analytical egalitarianism project that Peart and Levy have advanced has come to occupy a prominent place in the current agenda of historians of economic thought."
---Ross Emmett, Associate Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Michigan Center for Innovation and Economic Prosperity, Michigan State University

"These essays and dialogs from the Summer Institute would make Adam Smith, economist and moral philosopher, proud."
---J. Daniel Hammond, Hultquist Family Professor of Economics, Wake Forest University

With essays by:

• James M. Buchanan, Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recipient (1985) and Professor Emeritus, George Mason University and Virginia Polytechnic and State University
• Juan Pablo Couyoumdijian, Universidad del Desearrollo, Chile
• Tyler Cowen, George Mason University
• Eric Crampton, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Andrew Farrant, Dickinson College
• Samuel Hollander, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
• M. Ali Khan, Johns Hopkins University
• Thomas Leonard, Princeton University
• Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois, Chicago
• Leonidas Montes, Dean of School of Government, Universidad Adolfo Ibaņez, Chile
• Maria Pia Paganelli, Yeshiva University and New York University
• Warren J. Samuels, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University
• Eric Schliesser, VENI post-doctoral research fellow, Leiden University, and University of Amsterdam
• Gordon Tullock, George Mason University

Sandra J. Peart is Dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Virginia.

David M. Levy is Professor of Economics at George Mason University (GMU) and Research Associate at the Center for Study of Public Choice at GMU.

They are Co-Directors of George Mason University's Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economics.

About the Author

Sandra J. Peart is Dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Virginia.


David M. Levy is Professor of Economics at George Mason University (GMU) and Research Associate at the Center for Study of Public Choice at GMU.


They are Co-Directors of George Mason University's Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economics.


http://www.gmu.edu/centers/publicchoice/