In Well-Being and Fair Distribution: Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis, author Matthew D. Adler provides readers with a comprehensive philosophically grounded argument for the use of social welfare functions as a framework for governmental policy analysis.
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"A complete, detailed guide to modern Islamic banking fundamentals Modern Islamic Bankingprovides a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute guide to the products, processes and legal doctrines underlying Islamic banking. Written by a pioneering practitioner in the field, this book provi…
Introduction / Jennifer A. Baker and Mark D. White -- part 1. Approaches to virtue and economics. Aristotelian virtue ethics and economic rationality / Christian U. Becker -- The Epicurians on happiness, wealth, and the deviant craft of property management / Tim O'Keefe -- Econo…
In this provocative look at one of the most important events of our time, renowned scholar Arjun Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008-while indeed spurred on by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking-was, ultimately, a failure of language…
'Globalizing Justice' provides philosophical foundations for political responsibility, an agenda of policies for responding to major global problems, and a distinctive appraisal of 'the American empire'. It offers realistic stratefgies for global social movement that helps to mo…
Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics moves outside of the Jane Jacobs' preferred subject: the city, by studying the moral underpinnings of work. Using an observational approach and written as a Platonic dialogue, Jacobs begins by exam…
