{"product_id":"ethical-dimensions-of-the-economy-wilfried-ver-eecke-9783540771104","title":"Ethical Dimensions of the Economy: Making Use of Hegel and the Concepts of Public and Merit Goods","description":"Overview This book is a philosophical reflection (using mainly Hegel, in addition to 1 Adam Smith, Kant, Marx and Catholic Social Thought) about the soc- political dimension of economics. In it I both agree and disagree with the slogan that \"the least government is the best government. \" I agree with the slogan, in particular as it applies to the economic domain. Adam Smith taught us that rational and self-interested individuals, left by themselves, create a more efficient and reliable economic system than one in which the government has a heavy role as was the case in his time with the merc- tile system (Smith, 14, 651). Ludwig von Mises demonstrated the same idea for the communist command economy (Hayek 1935, 87-130). I d- agree with the above mentioned slogan if it is interpreted as suggesting that we can best forget about the role of the government for a good functioning economy. Instead, I will argue that the government has an important fu- tion in creating the proper regulations and the wise institutional arran- ments which will allow the economy to flourish in a more efficient, fair and humane way. This book is interdisciplinary in nature. It is a philosophical and ethical reflection on economics. Hence, I make use of philosophical ideas, often but not exclusively those of Hegel. I reflect philosophically on economic concepts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfried Ver Eecke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3540771107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783540771104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Wilfried Ver Eecke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519797571839,"sku":"9783540771104","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b243023-3283-4dbe-8dfc-ca302f1635a2.jpg?v=1778738874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ethical-dimensions-of-the-economy-wilfried-ver-eecke-9783540771104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}