The company of strangers :: a natural history of economic life /
The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter analyzing how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the global economy over the past decade and the fin...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter analyzing how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the global economy over the past decade and the financial crisis that succeeded it. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, history, psychology, and literature, Paul Seabright explores how our evolved ability of abstract reasoning has allowed institutions like money, markets, cities, and the banking system to provide the foundations of socia. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xvii, 376 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| contents | Who's in charge? -- Man and the risks of nature -- Our violent past -- How have we tamed our violent instincts? -- How did the social emotions evolve? -- Money and human relationships -- Honor among thieves : hoarding and stealing -- Honor among bankers? : what caused the financial crisis? -- Professionalism and fulfillment in work and war -- The city, from ancient Athens to modern Manhattan -- Water : commodity or social institution? -- Prices for everything? -- Families and firms -- Knowledge and symbolism -- Exclusion : unemployment, poverty, and illness -- States and empires -- Globalization and political action -- Conclusion : how fragile is the great experiment? |
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| spelling | Seabright, Paul, author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhH4BmqcCTccGJX7hy68C http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93039133 The company of strangers : a natural history of economic life / Paul Seabright ; foreword by Daniel C. Dennett. 2nd ed. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010. 1 online resource (xvii, 376 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Who's in charge? -- Man and the risks of nature -- Our violent past -- How have we tamed our violent instincts? -- How did the social emotions evolve? -- Money and human relationships -- Honor among thieves : hoarding and stealing -- Honor among bankers? : what caused the financial crisis? -- Professionalism and fulfillment in work and war -- The city, from ancient Athens to modern Manhattan -- Water : commodity or social institution? -- Prices for everything? -- Families and firms -- Knowledge and symbolism -- Exclusion : unemployment, poverty, and illness -- States and empires -- Globalization and political action -- Conclusion : how fragile is the great experiment? The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter analyzing how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the global economy over the past decade and the financial crisis that succeeded it. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, history, psychology, and literature, Paul Seabright explores how our evolved ability of abstract reasoning has allowed institutions like money, markets, cities, and the banking system to provide the foundations of socia. Print version record. Social capital (Sociology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00009986 Economics Sociological aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001829 Sociobiology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124192 Strangers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95004001 Trust. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138261 Capital social (Sociologie) Sociobiologie. Étrangers. Confiance. SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh HISTORY Social History. bisacsh Economics Sociological aspects fast Social capital (Sociology) fast Sociobiology fast Strangers fast Trust fast Print version: Seabright, Paul. Company of strangers. 2nd ed. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691146461 (DLC) 2009049522 (OCoLC)469917709 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBU FWS_PDA_EBU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329858 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Seabright, Paul The company of strangers : a natural history of economic life / Who's in charge? -- Man and the risks of nature -- Our violent past -- How have we tamed our violent instincts? -- How did the social emotions evolve? -- Money and human relationships -- Honor among thieves : hoarding and stealing -- Honor among bankers? : what caused the financial crisis? -- Professionalism and fulfillment in work and war -- The city, from ancient Athens to modern Manhattan -- Water : commodity or social institution? -- Prices for everything? -- Families and firms -- Knowledge and symbolism -- Exclusion : unemployment, poverty, and illness -- States and empires -- Globalization and political action -- Conclusion : how fragile is the great experiment? Social capital (Sociology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00009986 Economics Sociological aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001829 Sociobiology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124192 Strangers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95004001 Trust. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138261 Capital social (Sociologie) Sociobiologie. Étrangers. Confiance. SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh HISTORY Social History. bisacsh Economics Sociological aspects fast Social capital (Sociology) fast Sociobiology fast Strangers fast Trust fast |
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| title | The company of strangers : a natural history of economic life / |
| title_auth | The company of strangers : a natural history of economic life / |
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| title_full | The company of strangers : a natural history of economic life / Paul Seabright ; foreword by Daniel C. Dennett. |
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| title_sort | company of strangers a natural history of economic life |
| title_sub | a natural history of economic life / |
| topic | Social capital (Sociology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00009986 Economics Sociological aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001829 Sociobiology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124192 Strangers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95004001 Trust. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138261 Capital social (Sociologie) Sociobiologie. Étrangers. Confiance. SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh HISTORY Social History. bisacsh Economics Sociological aspects fast Social capital (Sociology) fast Sociobiology fast Strangers fast Trust fast |
| topic_facet | Social capital (Sociology) Economics Sociological aspects. Sociobiology. Strangers. Trust. Capital social (Sociologie) Sociobiologie. Étrangers. Confiance. SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. HISTORY Social History. Economics Sociological aspects Sociobiology Strangers Trust |
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