{"product_id":"the-moral-economy-samuel-bowles-9780300230512","title":"The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy do policies and business practices that ignore the moral and generous side of human nature often fail?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Should the idea of economic man--the amoral and self-interested \u003ci\u003eHomo economicus\u003c\/i\u003e--determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding \"no.\" Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may \"crowd out\" ethical and generous motives and thus backfire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But incentives per se are not really the culprit. Bowles shows that crowding out occurs when the message conveyed by fines and rewards is that self-interest is expected, that the employer thinks the workforce is lazy, or that the citizen cannot otherwise be trusted to contribute to the public good. Using historical and recent case studies as well as behavioral experiments, Bowles shows how well-designed incentives can crowd \u003ci\u003ein\u003c\/i\u003e the civic motives on which good governance depends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Bowles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300230516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300230512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Samuel Bowles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046962163967,"sku":"9780300230512","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c3e6ca8-255c-49be-9b78-515456f44c8a.jpg?v=1684987490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-moral-economy-samuel-bowles-9780300230512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}