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An edition of The moral economy (2016)

The moral economy

why good incentives are no substitute for good citizens

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  • 3 Want to read

Should the idea of economic man-the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus-determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding "no." Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may "crowd out" ethical and generous motives and thus backfire. But incentives per se are not really the culprit. Bowles shows that crowding out occurs when the message conveyed by fines and rewards is that self-interest is expected, that the employer thinks the workforce is lazy, or that the citizen cannot otherwise be trusted to contribute to the public good. Using historical and recent case studies as well as behavioral experiments, Bowles shows how well-designed incentives can crowd in the civic motives on which good governance depends.

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Yale University Press
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English
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272

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Moral and ethical aspects, Anreiz, Economics, Homo oeconomicus, Gemeinwohl, Wirtschaftliches Verhalten, Law and economics, Arbeitsmotivation, Employee morale, Employee fringe benefits, Economics, sociological aspects, Economics, moral and ethical aspects

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Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens
2016, Yale University Press
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The moral economy: why good incentives are no substitute for good citizens
2016, Yale University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

The problem with homo economicus --
A constitution for knaves --
Moral sentiments and material interests --
Incentives as information --
A liberal civic culture --
The legislator's dilemma --
A mandate for Aristotle's legislator.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-266) and index.

Series
The castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics, Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics
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Why good incentives are no substitute for good citizens

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330
Library of Congress
K487.E3 B69 2016, HM548

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xvi, 272 pages
Number of pages
272

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Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0300163800
ISBN 13
9780300163803
OCLC/WorldCat
930798081

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