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Cents and Sensibility
What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities
Taschenbuch von Gary Saul Morson (u. a.)

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In Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities--especially the study of literature--offer economists ways to make their models more realistic, their predictions more accurate, and their policies more effective and just. Arguing that Adam Smith's heirs include Austen, Chekhov, and Tolstoy as much as Keynes and Friedman, Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro trace the connection between Adam Smith's great classic, The Wealth of Nations, and his less celebrated book on ethics, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The authors contend that a few decades later, Jane Austen invented her groundbreaking method of novelistic narration in order to give life to the empathy that Smith believed essential to humanity. More than anyone, the great writers can offer economists something they need--a richer appreciation of behavior, ethics, culture, and narrative. Original, provocative, and inspiring, Cents and Sensibility demonstrates the benefits of a dialogue between economics and the humanities and also shows how looking at real-
In Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities--especially the study of literature--offer economists ways to make their models more realistic, their predictions more accurate, and their policies more effective and just. Arguing that Adam Smith's heirs include Austen, Chekhov, and Tolstoy as much as Keynes and Friedman, Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro trace the connection between Adam Smith's great classic, The Wealth of Nations, and his less celebrated book on ethics, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The authors contend that a few decades later, Jane Austen invented her groundbreaking method of novelistic narration in order to give life to the empathy that Smith believed essential to humanity. More than anyone, the great writers can offer economists something they need--a richer appreciation of behavior, ethics, culture, and narrative. Original, provocative, and inspiring, Cents and Sensibility demonstrates the benefits of a dialogue between economics and the humanities and also shows how looking at real-
Über den Autor
Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro
With a new preface by the authors
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 336
ISBN-13: 9780691183220
ISBN-10: 0691183228
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Morson, Gary Saul
Schapiro, Morton
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 216 x 141 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Gary Saul Morson (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,399 kg
preigu-id: 112740321
Über den Autor
Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro
With a new preface by the authors
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 336
ISBN-13: 9780691183220
ISBN-10: 0691183228
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Morson, Gary Saul
Schapiro, Morton
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 216 x 141 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Gary Saul Morson (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,399 kg
preigu-id: 112740321
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