This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and … growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics … treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical relationships. It also regards …

As this comprehensive Companion demonstrates, social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key … role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being … embedded in the larger web of social and ethical relationships. It also regards economics and ethics as essentially connected …

fills a gap in the literature through a detailed examination of his thought and of his contributions to economics and social … themes and issues, including: * his life and work * background and influences * scope and methodology of economics * economic … analysis - including distribution theory, industrial economics and money * social and political issues * relations with his …