Ethical codes and income distribution
Subtitle: a study of John Bates Clark and Thorstein Veblen
By: Guglielmo Forges Davanzati.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Clark, John Bates, 1847-1938; Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929; Income distribution -- Moral and ethical aspects; Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects; Institutional economics
Description: "In recent years increased attention has been given to continuing disparities in income, both in the developed and in developing countries. Ethical Codes and Income Distribution brings an important new dimension to this important issue. Questions such as Does 'morality' affect income distribution? and What are the effects of the widespread adoption of ethical codes on the functioning of the labour market? are explored. This book utilizes the contrasting works of John Bates Clark and Thorstein Veblen in order to illuminate the propogation of ethical codes within the two opposing frameworks, that is, the neoclassical and the institutional."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.