Cultures Merging: A Historical and Economic Critique of CulturePrinceton University Press, 10 jan 2009 - 328 pagina's "Economists agree about many things--contrary to popular opinion--but the majority agree about culture only in the sense that they no longer give it much thought." So begins the first chapter of Cultures Merging, in which Eric Jones--one of the world's leading economic historians--takes an eloquent, pointed, and personal look at the question of whether culture determines economics or is instead determined by it. |
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... economists found their predictions became inconclusive if they took account of every particu- lar law, custom, or institution. But “real people” still insisted that their own eyes showed them how customs and beliefs led to behavior that ...
... economists seem not to be of this mind. The professions differ over whether cultures are so basic and stable that they decide how production and consumption take place or whether the imperatives of the market ultimately determine ...
... economists are trained to expect. “By and large” says it all—there are no hard and fast rules. Unless we are totally convinced by a definition, we should not let ourselves be bound by it. There is little point to inserting a break in a ...
... economists and eco- nomic historians, after having long been put off by the pre- vailing relativism, are beginning to renew their interest in cultural explanation. This may be the point at which to state that, notwith- standing the ...
... Relative Importance of Cultural Similarity and Personal Fit in the Selec- tion and Performance of Expatriates,” Journal of World Business 40 (2005): 1–8. The second exception consists of economists in the tradition of xiii PREFACE.
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9780691117379_11CON | 253 |
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9780691117379_13IND | 291 |
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