Name: Licence to be Bad: How Economics Corrupted us
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Author: Jonathan Aldred
ISBN: 9780141986951

portada Licence to be Bad: How Economics Corrupted us

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Physical Book

Author

Jonathan Aldred

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Paperback

ISBN13

9780141986951

Synopsis "Licence to be Bad: How Economics Corrupted us"

'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About CapitalismOver the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book, it's economics that's to blame.Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas, from free-riding to Nudge, seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin.

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Manuel Huete RamírezMonday, March 18, 2024
Personalmente me parece un libro revelador de lo que pasa en el mundo hoy día. Es complicado de entender porque está escrito en inglés. Por qué no lo traducen al Español lo estoy averiguando poco a poco y los poderes fácticos están detrás seguramente
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