Commercial Society: A Primer on Ethics and Economics

Author:   Cathleen Johnson ,  Robert Lusch, Professor of Marketing, University of Arizona Business School ,  David Schmidtz
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield International
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9781786613554


Pages:   354
Publication Date:   11 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Cathleen Johnson ,  Robert Lusch, Professor of Marketing, University of Arizona Business School ,  David Schmidtz
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield International
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield International
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.671kg
ISBN:  

9781786613554


ISBN 10:   1786613557
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   11 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Ethics, Economy, and Entrepreneurship Why Ethics? Why Economy? Why Entrepreneurship? Part 1: Key Concept Trade Resources Cost Institutions Value Part 2: Progress Adam Smith on Progress Transaction Cost and Progress Commerce and Progress Production Possibilities Frontier What Seems Like Progress Part 3: Understanding Trade Conditions for Trade Comparative Advantage Division of Labor Buyers Sellers A Market: Supply and Demand A Market Responds: Price and Quantity Economic Surplus Price Signals and Spontaneous Order Price Controls Economic Science: Putting Theory to the Test Progress and Wealth Creation Part 4: Trust, Agency, and Bystanders Principal-Agent Framework Cost to Bystanders Competitors are not Bystanders The Logic of the Commons Environmental Tragedies Property Parcels Communal Property Trust Benefits for Bystanders Market Power Monopoly Power Monopsony Power International Trade and Trade Protection What Should Not be for Sale Part 5: Management of a Commercial Society Financial Institutions Fractional Reserve Banking Measuring Economies Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Unemployment Rate Measuring the Price Level Fiscal Policy Monetary Policy Public Choice Corruption Part 6: Personal and Business Finance Accounting Basics Compound Growth Saving, Borrowing, and Investing Marketing Fundamentals Insurance Break-Even Analysis Budgeting Financial Management Part 7: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Knowledge Discovery It Takes More than Ideas What Innovation Looks Like Entry, Exit, and the Role of Profit Creative Destruction Entrepreneurs as Resource Integrators Entrepreneurship as a Process Markets Don't Exist Competitive Advantage - The Dynamics of Remaining Viable The Big Errors The Entrepreneur and Self-Assessment

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The authors do an outstanding job of capturing the essential, complementary roles of commerce and ethics in short, concise chapters that are easily digestible for readers of almost any age and educational background. They adroitly link seemingly diverse concepts into a simple narrative of societal sustainability through human interdependence and cooperation. Commercial Society is a thoughtful, delightfully easy, and critically important read. -- Stephen L. Vargo, Professor of Marketing, University of Hawai'i at Manoa This thought-provoking text encourages exploration and engagement in life's conversation regarding the connection of ethical behavior to commercial economic progress, as well as the importance of entrepreneurship in creating ways to make others better off. It is succinct and will engage students creatively and deeply in dialogue, study, and research. -- Candace Smith, Economics Teacher Learning economics is hard because it is part social science, part business discipline, part moral philosophy. You need to learn how the world works, how to flourish in business and life, and how choices benefit or harm others. Commercial Society is the first text that consistently stresses all three of these points in a clear and simple way. Highly recommended! -- Joshua C. Hall, Professor of Economics, West Virginia University A well-conceived and well-executed guide for young adults embarking on lives in our commercial society. The book provides a beautifully clear description of trade and its centrality to human life, the institutions supporting trade, and the ethics woven into its fabric. On the practical side it discusses personal and business finance and ends with a challenge to the reader to start his or her own business. -- David Keyt, Research Professor, The Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, Univerisity of Arizona, USA


The authors do an outstanding job of capturing the essential, complementary roles of commerce and ethics in short, concise chapters that are easily digestible for readers of almost any age and educational background. They adroitly link seemingly diverse concepts into a simple narrative of societal sustainability through human interdependence and cooperation. Commercial Society is a thoughtful, delightfully easy, and critically important read. -- Stephen L. Vargo, Professor of Marketing, University of Hawai'i at Manoa This thought-provoking text encourages exploration and engagement in life's conversation regarding the connection of ethical behavior to commercial economic progress, as well as the importance of entrepreneurship in creating ways to make others better off. It is succinct and will engage students creatively and deeply in dialogue, study, and research. -- Candace Smith, Economics Teacher Learning economics is hard because it is part social science, part business discipline, part moral philosophy. You need to learn how the world works, how to flourish in business and life, and how choices benefit or harm others. Commercial Society is the first text that consistently stresses all three of these points in a clear and simple way. Highly recommended! -- Joshua C. Hall, Professor of Economics, West Virginia University


Author Information

Cathleen Johnson is currently teaching in the Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law program at the University of Arizona. Robert F. Lusch was Professor of Marketing at the University of Arizona Business School. David Schmidtz is Kendrick Professor of Philosophy (College of Social and Behavioral Sciences), Eller Chair of Service-Dominant Logic (College of Management), founding Director of the Center for Philosophy of Freedom, founder of the Department of Political Economy and Moral Sciences, and editor in chief of Social Philosophy and Policy, at the University of Arizona.

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