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A Joyful Economy – Why Do We Work So Hard?

by Ilse Oosterlaken (Moral Markets) | 31 Mar 2020 | Good Markets project, Lectures / talks, well-being / human flourishing, work - meaning & future

Part 1 of 1 in series "The Future of the Market Economy - Lecture Series"

The free market economy is, whether we want it or not, a central aspect of our lives. The bad side effects – like burnouts, the growing gap between rich and poor and climate change – start to become clearer. So to which end do we have this free market economy? Why do we work so hard? Can’t we just work fifteen hours a week like Keynes once predicted? A lecture organized by Moral Markets in collaboration with Studium Generale of Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Why the Economy Needs a Theology of the Body

by Public Discourse (Journal of the Witherspoon Institute) | 27 Mar 2020 | Good Markets project, well-being / human flourishing, work - meaning & future

“The promises of virtualization and automation are often exaggerated, as are their dangers. It is possible for an increasingly virtualized and automated economy to actually be more humane, but only if such an economy does justice to the human realities of incarnation and relation”, so Moral Markets researcher Jordan Ballor argues.

‘Two Hundred Years Back, One Hundred Years Ahead: From One Revolution to Another’

by Govert Buijs | 18 Feb 2020 | climate change & sustainability, economic growth & GDP, Good Markets project, historical perspective, Long read articles, work - meaning & future

Two hundred years ago, a seemingly megalomaniac and even hopeless project was started in the West: overcoming poverty by creating more prosperity. This project was called “Progress”. Two hundred years later we can only conclude that this project was more successful than we could have anticipated. However, this project also has some serious shadow sides. As humanity we have to start a new, at first sight almost equally megalomaniac project for the next hundred years: making our prosperity sustainable.

More Equal Distribution of Wealth Makes People Happier

by Good Markets project | 31 Jan 2020 | Good Markets project, inequality & justice, Research updates

Since the liberalization of the Western economies in the 1980s and 1990s, income inequality has increased dramatically. In the public debate, the question arises how this inequality impacts societies and what role it plays in the functioning of the economy. Bjorn Lous has studied this issue, based on the question: How do the various aspects of economic freedom relate to (inequality of) life satisfaction and trust through their relationship with income inequality?

On the Economic Trinity (Plus an Agenda of Renewal for the Finance Sector)

by Govert Buijs | 6 Aug 2019 | banking / finance sector, Good Markets project

Part 5 of 4 in series "Finance and the Common Good"

According to Govert Buijs “we have come to misunderstand transactions as simple, one-dimensional operations. In this way we have forgotten what it takes for a market to work well.” Chapter 6 of the book Finance and the Common Good (2019, Amsterdam University Press).

Competition Is Incentive for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

by Johan Graafland | 17 Jul 2019 | climate change & sustainability, Good Markets project, Research updates

The motives that companies have for sustainable business vary. Two types of motives are often...

Ethical Questions Concerning Trade with China

by Johan Graafland | 16 Apr 2019 | Column, globalisation / free trade, Good Markets project

This week it became public that at the Dutch company ASML trade secrets were stolen by former employees of Chinese descent. Many people were schocked, because ASML is the flagship of the Dutch knowledge economy. That this is such a sensitive issue is also because recently growing concerns have arisen about how China is developing into a world power.

Does the Free Market Encourage Lying and Cheating?

by Good Markets project | 1 Apr 2019 | Good Markets project, virtues & vices

You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs. And wherever there’s business, you’ll find morally reprehensible behaviour. Economist and PhD candidate Annemiek Schilpzand, from Nijmegen School of Management, is trying to unravel the relationship between the market and morality.

Economic Freedom and Corporate Environmental Responsibility

by Johan Graafland | 19 Feb 2019 | Good Markets project, News for Academics

Just published: Johan Graafland (2019). “Economic freedom and corporate environmental responsibility: The role of small government and freedom from government regulation.” In: Journal of Cleaner Production, volume 218, 1 May 2019, Pages 250-258.

Does the Free Market Lead the Way to the Good Life?

by Ad Verbrugge Govert Buijs Jelle van Baardewijk | 25 Dec 2018 | Good Markets project, Opinion & Ideas, well-being / human flourishing

Modernity, especially the free market, has liberated Western man. But does it also offer a good answer to the question of the good life? Not necessarily, because the free market may also be dehumanizing.

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