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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... ture underpins world history and the global economy? Are differences among cultures unbridgeable in principle? And to what extent is culture used as an excuse for protectionism in the modern world? The current literature is seldom ...
... ture is in any case an unstable amalgam. Most of the pro- posed rules about it are vague enough for even academic treatments to slither among the criteria. If, however, we do not permit ourselves some latitude, it will not be easy to ex ...
... ture, because they derive from conscious political choice and have routine methods of operating, while culture consists of unconsciously assimilated beliefs with consequences that are more dimly perceived. This is a tricky area; no ...
... ture, between genes and so-called memes. But North continues to reserve a role for culture. He implies that culture and religion distort the rational maxi- mizing behavior on which most reasoning in economics de- pends. He cites ...
... Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington , eds . , Cul- ture Matters : How Values Shape Human Progress ( New York : Basic Books , 2000 ) , pp . 65-77 . to migrate to the West, where they can share not 8 CHAPTER I.
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9780691117379_3CH2 | 31 |
9780691117379_4CH3 | 52 |
9780691117379_5CH4 | 85 |
9780691117379_6CH5 | 108 |
9780691117379_7CH6 | 133 |
9780691117379_8CH7 | 161 |
9780691117379_9CH8 | 194 |
9780691117379_10CH9 | 223 |
9780691117379_11CON | 253 |
9780691117379_12BIB | 273 |
9780691117379_13IND | 291 |
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