The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute For Citizens Samuel Bowles Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Economics Business & Finance

Why Do Policies And Business Practices That Ignore The Moral Generous Side Of Human Nature Often Fail? Should Idea Economic Man—The Amoral Self-Interested Homo Economicus—Determine How We Expect People To Respond Monetary Rewards Punishments Other Incentives? Samuel Bowles Answers With A Resounding “No ” Follow From This Paradigm He Shows May “Crowd Out” Ethical Motives Thus Backfire But Incentives Per Se Are Not Really Culprit Crowding Out Occurs When Message Conveyed By Fines Is Self-Interest Expected Employer Thinks Workforce Lazy Or Citizen Cannot Otherwise Be Trusted Contribute Public Good Using Historical Recent Case Studies As Well Behavioral Experiments Well-Designed Can Crowd In Civic On Which Governance Depends Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1024 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm