The Darwin Economy : : Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good / / Robert H. Frank.
Who was the greater economist--Adam Smith or Charles Darwin? The question seems absurd. Darwin, after all, was a naturalist, not an economist. But Robert Frank, New York Times economics columnist and best-selling author of The Economic Naturalist, predicts that within the next century Darwin will un...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | With a New afterword by the author |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ONE. Paralysis
- TWO. Darwin's Wedge
- THREE. No Cash on the Table
- FOUR. Starve the Beast-But Which One?
- FIVE. Putting the Positional Consumption Beast on a Diet
- SIX. Perpetrators and Victims
- SEVEN. Efficiency Rules
- EIGHT. "It's Your Money . . ."
- NINE. Success and Luck
- TEN. The Great Trade-Off?
- ELEVEN. Taxing Harmful Activities
- TWELVE. The Libertarian's Objections Reconsidered
- AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
- NOTES
- INDEX