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020 _a9780521509978 (hbk)
082 0 0 _a330.122 DEM
100 1 _aDemsetz, Harold
245 1 0 _aFrom economic man to economic system :
_bessays on human behavior and the institutions of capitalism /
_cHarold Demsetz
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2008.
300 _aviii, 189 p. ;
_c24 cm.
365 _bRs. 3270.00
505 _aContents: 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.
650 0 _aCapitalism.
650 0 _aEconomic man.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008008955.html
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