Mammon's Kingdom

Autori

• David Marquand

Parametri

• 304 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Economia
• Economia e affari
• Politica
• Saggistica
• Scienze politiche & Politica

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Since 2008's financial crisis, we have heard much about the failures of bankers, regulators and politicians. David Marquand sees a wider issue: the fall of the public realm. The crisis, he argues, is one of our moral economy as much as of our political economy. Already, we are well advanced towards a near-Hobbesian state of genteel barbarism - and greed is all-pervasive. Setting out a framework for a new public philosophy founded on civic conscience and cooperation, Marquand seeks to spring the trap into which our culture has stumbled. The message is plain: we cannot continue on our present path

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2015

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