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From economic man to economic system : essays on human behavior and the institutions of capitalism / Harold Demsetz

By: Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: viii, 189 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521509978 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.122 DEM
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Contents:
Contents: Introduction; Economic Man and his Critics: Essay 1: Where Economic Man Dwells; Essay 2: Economic Man's Escape from Malthus's Population Trap; Essay 3: Protecting You from Yourself; Essay 4: Rescuing Economic Man from the Selfish Gene; Essay 5: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries; Capitalism and its Institutions: Essay 6: The Late Arrival of Capitalism; Addendum: On the Theory of Private Ownership: Essay 7: Ownership and Exchange; Essay 8: Reinterpreting the externality problem; Essay 9: Firms and Households as Substitutes; Essay 10: The Contrast between Firms and Political Parties; Essay 11: The Public Corporation: its Ownership and Control; Essay 12: Public Policy's Indirect Effects on the Control, Organization, and Importance of Firms; References; Index.
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Contents:
Introduction;
Economic Man and his Critics:
Essay 1: Where Economic Man Dwells;
Essay 2: Economic Man's Escape from Malthus's Population Trap;
Essay 3: Protecting You from Yourself;
Essay 4: Rescuing Economic Man from the Selfish Gene;
Essay 5: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries;
Capitalism and its Institutions:
Essay 6: The Late Arrival of Capitalism;
Addendum: On the Theory of Private Ownership:
Essay 7: Ownership and Exchange;
Essay 8: Reinterpreting the externality problem;
Essay 9: Firms and Households as Substitutes;
Essay 10: The Contrast between Firms and Political Parties;
Essay 11: The Public Corporation: its Ownership and Control;
Essay 12: Public Policy's Indirect Effects on the Control, Organization, and
Importance of Firms;
References;
Index.