{"product_id":"the-crimes-of-the-economy-vincenzo-ruggiero-9781138915183","title":"The Crimes of the Economy: A Criminological Analysis of Economic Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eEconomists have often paid visits to the field of criminology, examining the rational logic of offending. When economists examine criminal activity, they imply that offenders should be treated like any other social actor making rational choices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Crimes of the Economy\u003c\/i\u003e, Vincenzo Ruggiero turns the tables by examining a variety of economic schools of thought from a criminological perspective. Each one of these schools, he argues, justifies or even encourages harm produced by economic initiative. He investigates - among others - John Locke's notion of private property, Mercantilism, the Physiocrats and Malthus, and the arguments of Adam Smith, Marshall, Keynes and neoliberalism. In each of these, the author identifies the potential justification of different forms of 'crimes of the economy' and victimisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book re-examines the history of economic thought, assessing it as the history of a discipline which, while attempting to gain scientific status, in reality seeks to make the social harm caused by economics acceptable. The book will be interesting and relevant to students and scholars of social theory, criminology, economics, philosophy and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincenzo Ruggiero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138915181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138915183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Vincenzo Ruggiero","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063786008831,"sku":"9781138915183","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2b0c1b6-225c-49f2-adcc-549d50014b1c.jpg?v=1685391639","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-crimes-of-the-economy-vincenzo-ruggiero-9781138915183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}