Moral markets : the critical role of values in the economy / / edited by Paul J. Zak ; with a foreword by Michael C. Jensen.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Zak, Paul J.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xli, 344 p. :; ill.
• Other title: The stories markets tell: affordances for ethical behavior in free exchange /; Free enterprise, sympathy, and virtue /; The status of moral emotions in consequentialist moral reasoning /; How selfish an animal? The case of primate cooperation /; Fairness and other-regarding preferences in nonhuman primates /; The evolution of free enterprise values /; Building trust by wasting time /; Taking conscience seriously /; Trustworthiness and contract /; The vital role of norms and rules in maintaining open public and private economies /; Values, mechanism design, and fairness /; Values and value: moral economics /; Building a market: from personal to impersonal exchange /; Corporate honesty and business education: a behavioral model /; What's a business for? /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780691135229 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0691135223 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780691135236 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0691135231 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781400837366 (electronic bk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Paul J. Zak ; with a foreword by Michael C. Jensen.

Drawing on converging evidence from neuroscience, social science, biology, law, and philosophy, Moral Markets makes the case that modern market exchange works only because most people, most of the time, act virtuously. --from publisher description.