The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens by Samuel Bowles

The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens

Samuel Bowles

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Why do policies and business practices that ignore the moral and generous side of human nature often fail? Should the idea of economic man—the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus—determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards...

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