Greed
By: edited by Alexis Brassey and Stephen Barber ; foreword by Nicola Horlick
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780230201484
Description: "This book is a provocative examination of the idea of greed from various perspectives, drawing together experts from academia, politics and business. Greed explores whether the desire for material possession in post-industrial economies is a positive or a negative phenomenon and considers the implications of greed on society and the global economy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Greed and the market / John Meadowcroft; title: Greed and the super-rich / Stephen Haseler and Henning Meyer; title: Greed or competitive firms? / Jocelyn Pixley; title: Back to the future : teaching the greed business / Ken Starkey and Cary Cooper; title: The disputable truth of economic greed / Stephen Barber; title: What drives man toward greed? / Alexis Brassey; title: Greed in Jewish lore / Jeremy Rosen; title: Condemning greed? Catholic perspectives / Patrick Riordan; title: Working with greed : the challenge of inequalities / Marco Roncarati; title: Sufficiency not greed : 'consume less, share more, enjoy life' / Derek Wall; title: The narrative of consumption : greed and literature / Linda Freedman.