Offering a compelling critique of orthodox economic analysis in the public realm, Mike Berry exposes the lack of development in economic thinking in public policy since the economic crisis of 2008. Focusing on both the ethically unacceptable outcomes of recent public policy and the threat of...

Die Wirtschafts- und Sozialethik von Joseph Kardinal Höffner (1906-1987) kann zu einem guten Teil aus ihren ordoliberalen Wurzeln erklärt und verstanden werden. Der vorliegende Band dokumentiert und analysiert die biographischen wie inhaltlichen Bezüge zwischen der Freiburger Schule und...

The concept of "performativity" has risen to prominence throughout the humanities. The rise of financial derivatives reflects the power of the performative sign in the economic sphere. As recent debates about gender identity show, the concept of performativity is also profoundly influential on...

Chapter One: Usury, Sodomy, and Idolatry -- Chapter Two: Performativity in Postmodernity -- Chapter Three: The Commodification of Rhetoric in Classical Athens -- Chapter Four: Witchcraft and Representation in Early Modern England -- Chapter Five: Commodification and Performativity in Eucharistic...