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100 1 _aAldred, Jonathan
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aLicence to be Bad :
_bHow Economics Corrupted Us /
_cJonathan Aldred.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bAllen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books,
_c2020
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a310 pages :
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _a'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Over the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book, it's economics that's to blame.Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas, from free-riding to Nudge, seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin.
650 1 0 _aEconomic
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 2 0 _aEconomics
_xSociological aspects.
650 2 0 _aEthics.
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