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020			_a9783030184155
082			_a306.342 _bSTO
100			_aStorr, Virgil Henry _97582
245			_aDo markets corrupt our morals?
260			_bSpringer _aSwitzerland _c2019
300			_axiii, 281 p.
365			_aEURO _b29.99
520			_aAbout this book The most damning criticism of markets is that they are morally corrupting. As we increasingly engage in market activity, the more likely we are to become selfish, corrupt, rapacious and debased. Even Adam Smith, who famously celebrated markets, believed that there were moral costs associated with life in market societies. This book explores whether or not engaging in market activities is morally corrupting. Storr and Choi demonstrate that people in market societies are wealthier, healthier, happier and better connected than those of societies where markets are more restricted. More provocatively, they explain that successful markets require and produce virtuous participants. Markets serve as moral spaces that both rely on and reward their participants for being virtuous. Rather than harming individuals morally, the market is an arena where individuals are encouraged to be their best moral selves. Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals? invites us to reassess the claim that markets corrupt our morals.
650			_aCapitalism--Moral and ethical aspects _95816
650			_aCapitalism--Social aspects _97583
650			_aMacroeconomics _91161
650			_aEconomic development _91932
700			_aChoi, Ginny Seung _97584
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