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A re-assessment of Aristotle's economic thought
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The world has seen several financial and economic crises in the past few years. Psychological, ethical and philosophical levels of causal analysis have been discussed, and in this context, an inter...
The world has seen several financial and economic crises in the past few years. Psychological, ethical and philosophical levels of causal analysis have been discussed, and in this context, an interest in classical thinkers has emerged. The work of Aristotle has influenced writers from Marx and Menger to Amartya Sen. This book introduces us to Aristotle's thought on 'the economic' and on its influences on economists. First, it focuses on Aristotle ́s ideas, situating Aristotle in his historical context, describing his positions on the economic and analysing what kind of reality
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- Creator
- Ricardo F. Crespo
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, 2014
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781315883519, 1315883511, 1138686123, 041582057X
- OCLC
- ocn868975049, ocn862746471
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Introduction: Economics as a moral science -- 'The economic' and chrematistics -- An ontological analysis of aristotle's oikonomikê and chrematistics -- Aristotle's science of economics -- 'The economic' and ethics -- 'The economic' and politics -- Eudaimonia and the economics of happiness -- Capabilities, incommensurability, and practical comparabitity -- Aristotle on causation and explanation, and current social and economic science -- Conclusion