Table of contents
1. Introduction;
2. A general framework;
A basic introduction to semiotics;
A brief overview of the general argument;
3. Law and market economy: further clarification;
Market as community;
Market as a process of semiotic signification;
4. Wealth as a process of discovery (wealth, discovery, and imaginative choice);
Coase's theorem; Public choice;
5. Social organization and the discovery process;
The relationship between social organization and proactive wealth formation;
An ethic of social responsibility for law and market economy;
Outlining an ethic of social responsibility (humility, diversity, reciprocity);
The ethic of social responsibility and wealth: some supportive evidence;
6. Implications of law and market economy;
Efficiency does not maximize wealth;
An extensive distribution promotes wealth;
Rhetorical strategies have consequence;
7. Conclusions.