The Commercial Society: Foundations and Challenges in a Global Age (Studies in Ethics and Economics)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (696 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 073911994X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Samuel Gregg is director of research at the Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan
(Robert A. Gregg's message of commercial humanism is truly inspiring, and his warnings about its fragility bear repeating. Sirico, President, Acton Institute)So much of Latin America continues to suffer the ravages of mercantile, neo-corporatist attitudes, policies, and institutions. (Ethics and Economics)An excellent study of economic liberty, its essential prerequisites, and its greatest challenges today. Unless there is an systematic embrace of the type of moral, legal, and economic order described in Gregg's Commercial Society, populism will become the norm, corruption will continue to flourish, and untold millions who yearn only to express their economic creativity will continue to live in sub-human conditions. The Commercial Society is one of those books which reminds us that commerce, trade, and free economies are deeply rooted in foundations that we tend to take for granted - until they disintegrate
This book offers a historically-grounded analysis for modern audiences interested in philosophy or the history of economics.. Guided by the thoughts of Alexis de Tocqueville, Samuel Gregg's The Commercial Society identifies and explores the key foundational elements that must exist within a society for commercial order to take root and flourish. Gregg studies the challenges that have consistently impeded and occasionally undermined commercial order, including the persistence of 'corporatist' values and political movements seeking to equalize social conditions. Yet despite the international spread and growth of commercial order, the moral, economic, and legal foundations of commercial society remain poorly under