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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2010.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329858 |
Table of 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?