Verlagsinfo: Das simple Identifizierungsdogma "mehr Konsum = mehr Glück" ist in der angenommenen Eindimensionalität erwiesenermaßen falsch. In Zuge der Steigerung des materiellen Wohlstandes haben weder die Raten von Glück und Zufriedenheit im gleichen Maße zugenommen, noch sind die...

The volume gathers together papers presented at the second biennial Wirth conference on Austrian economics, held in October 2008 when the crisis of Fall 2008 was still new and shocking. This coincidence of timing makes policy issues and crisis management a kind of leitmotif of the volume

Comprising eight case studies from around the world, this volume investigates the social, political and ethical implications of markets through the specific lens of prices. Drawing on the most recent scholarship in economic anthropology, it represents the first systematic attempt to address...

"Since the end of the Cold War the human face of economics has gained visibility and generated new conversations among economists and other social theorists. The reductive and mechanical "economic systems" that characterized the capitalism-vs.-socialism debates of the mid-20th century have given...