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Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society (2018)
Marketcraft; How Governments Make Markets Work
Marketcraft; How Governments Make Markets Work (2018)
Book Cover: The Bad Faith in the Free Market; The Radical Promise of Existential Freedom (2018)
The Bad Faith in the Free Market; The Radical Promise of Existential Freedom (2018)
Book Cover: Greed, Self-Interest and the Shaping of Economics (2018)
Greed, Self-Interest and the Shaping of Economics (2018)
economics for the common good cover
Economics for the Common Good (2017)
cover of a research agenda on neoliberalism
A Research Agenda for Neoliberalism (2017)
ethics of neoliberalism
The Ethics of Neoliberalism; The Business of Making Capitalism Moral (2017)
Buddhist Economics; An Enlightened Approach to the Dismall Science
Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science (2017)
Cents and Sensibility; What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities
Cents and Sensibility; What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities (2017)
Economics as a Moral Science
Economics as a Moral Science (2017)
Covr of Doughnut Economics
Doughnut Economics; Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (2017)
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The Limits of the Market; The Pendulum Between Government and Market (2017)
The Dignity of Commerce Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law
The Dignity of Commerce; Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law (2017)
Reframing economic ethics cover
Reframing Economic Ethics; The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Management (2016)
Book Cover: The Econocracy; The Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts (2016)
The Econocracy; The Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts (2016)
The Market as God
The Market as God (2016)
the invisible hand
The Invisible Hand? How Market Economies have Emerged and Declined Since AD 500 (2016)
Book Cover: Bourgeois Equality; How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World (2016)
Bourgeois Equality; How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World (2016)
cover of 'saving capitalism'
Saving Capitalism for the Many, Not the Few (2016)
Book Cover: Ethics, Economy, and Entrepreneurship (2016)
Ethics, Economy, and Entrepreneurship (2016)
Conceptualizing Capitalism; Institutions, Evolution, Future
Conceptualizing Capitalism; Institutions, Evolution, Future (2015)
cover of the road to moral capitalism
The Road to Moral Capitalism (2015)
the emotional logic of capitalism
The Emotional Logic of Capitalism; What Progressives Have Missed (2015)
Corporate welfare - crony capitalism that enriches the rich
Corporate Welfare; Crony Capitalism that Enriches the Rich (2015)
Capitalism: Money, Morals and Markets
Capitalism: Money, Morals and Markets (2015)
Civic Capitalism by Colin Hay and Anthony Payne
Civic Capitalism (2015)
are markets moral? cover
Are Markets Moral? (2015)
cover of morality, competition and the firm
Morality, Competition, and the Firm: The Market Failures Approach to Business Ethics (2014)
Philosophy of Economics
Philosophy of Economics (2014)
cover of 'how markets work and fail'
How Markets Work and Fail and What to Make of Them (2014)
cover of conscious capitalism
Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (2014)
Free Market Fairness
Free Market Fairness (2012)
Cover of The Wound and the Blessing
The Wound and the Blessing; Economics, Relationships and Happiness (2012)
cover of the book by Michael Sandel
What Money Can't Buy; The Moral Limits of Markets (2012)
invisible wealth; the hidden story of how markets work
Invisible Wealth; The Hidden Story of How Markets Work (2011)
cover of lessons from the global financial crisis
Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis; The Relevance of Adam Smith on Morality and Free Markets (2010)
why some things should not be for sale
Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale: The Moral Limits of Markets (2010)
Book Cover: Bourgeois Dignity; Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World (2010)
Bourgeois Dignity; Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World (2010)
Handbook of Ethics and Economics
Handbook of Economics and Ethics (2010)
Power and Principle in the Market Place; On Ethics and Economics
Power & Principle in the Market Place; On Ethics & Economics (2010)
cover of 'defending the free market'
Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy (2010)
Book Cover: The Market, Happiness, and Solidarity; A Christian Perspective (2010)
The Market, Happiness, and Solidarity; A Christian Perspective (2010)
Book Cover: Economics, Ethics and the Market; Introduction and Applications (2009)
Economics, Ethics and the Market; Introduction and Applications (2009)
Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy
Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy; A Historical & Contemporary Perspective on Markets, Law, Ethics & Culture (2009)
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics (2009)
the economics of ethics and the ethics of economics
The Economics of Ethics and the Ethics of Economics: Values, Markets and the State (2009)
cover of moral markets
Moral Markets; The Critical Role of Values in the Economy (2008)
cover of the authentic adam smith
The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas (2006)
Th Bourgeois Virtues; Ethics for an Age of Commerce
The Bourgeois Virtues; Ethics for an Age of Commerce (2006)
Ethics and the Market; Insights from Social Economics
Ethics and the Market; Insights from Social Economics (2006)
Book Cover: The Church and the Market; A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy (2005)
The Church and the Market; A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy (2005)
Morality of Markets, edited by Parth J Shah
Morality of Markets (2004)
Cover of the book
Is the Market Moral? A Dialogue on Religion, Economics and Justice (2003)
cover of moral capitalism
Moral Capitalism; Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good (2003)
book cover of morality & markets
Morality & Markets; The Ethics of Government Regulation (2002)
lindblom the market system
The Market System; What It Is, How It Works, and What To Make of It (2001)
Free Markets and Social Justice
Free Markets and Social Justice (1999)
The Market: Ethics, Knowledge and Politics
The Market: Ethics, Knowledge and Politics (1998)
Cover of the spirit of democratic capitalism
The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1990)
the moral case for the free market
The Moral Case for the Free Market Economy; A Philosophical Argument (1988)
cover of Friedmans 'Capitalism and freedom'
Capitalism and Freedom (1962)
A humane economy
A Humane Economy; The Social Framework of the Free Market (1960)
cover the wealth of nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
the theory of moral sentiments - cover
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)

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