Dansk
Marcal, Katrine
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Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? e-bog
98,78 DKK
Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, believed that our actions stem from self-interest and the world turns because of financial gain. But every night Adam Smith's mother served him his dinner, not out of self-interest but out of love.Today, economics focuses on self-interest and excludes our other motivations. It disregards the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning and cooking and it…
Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, believed that our actions stem from self-interest and the world turns because of financial gain. But every night Adam Smith's mother served him his dinner, not out of self-interest but out of love.Today, economics focuses on self-interest and excludes our other motivations. It disregards the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning and cooking and its influence has spread from the market to how we shop, think and date. In this engaging takedown of the economics that has failed us, Katrine Mar,al journeys from Adam Smith's dinner table to the recent financial crisis and shows us how different, how much better, things could be.
E-bog
98,78 DKK
Forlag
Granta Books
Udgivet
05.03.2015
Genrer
JFFK
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781846275654
Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, believed that our actions stem from self-interest and the world turns because of financial gain. But every night Adam Smith's mother served him his dinner, not out of self-interest but out of love.Today, economics focuses on self-interest and excludes our other motivations. It disregards the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning and cooking and its influence has spread from the market to how we shop, think and date. In this engaging takedown of the economics that has failed us, Katrine Mar,al journeys from Adam Smith's dinner table to the recent financial crisis and shows us how different, how much better, things could be.