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Economics of Good and Evil The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street

Hardcover • 2011 • English • 1. edition

Economics of Good and Evil The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street

By Tomas Sedlacek

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About the book

Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the "Young Guns" and one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil. In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek radically rethinks his field, challenging our assumpt...Show more

Economic growth
International economics
Economic systems and structures

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ISBN

9780199767205

Publisher

OUP USA

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Economics of Good and Evil The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street

Format

Hardcover

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