Should the idea of economic man—the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus—determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, a
The Moral Economy examines the nexus of poverty, credit, and trust in early modern Europe. It starts with an examination of poverty, the need for credit, and th
A comparative study of political attitudes across social classes, examining what accounts for such differences in opinion and determining whether these differen
The idea of a moral economy has been explored and assessed in numerous disciplines. The anthropological studies in this volume provide a new perspective to this
Bringing together international experts on ethnicity and nationalism, this book argues that competing moral economies play an important role in ethnic and natio