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" Transcending the Economy : "
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BL
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951149
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b705519
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Transcending the Economy : : On the Potential of Passionate Labor and the Wastes of the Market.
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0312229771
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: 1281366293
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: 9780312229771
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: 9781281366290
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| Contents
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 Waste of Nations -- Chapter 1 Introductory Section -- Chapter 2 Taxes, War, and the Elimination of Waste -- Chapter 3 More Obvious Waste -- Chapter 4 Social Conditions and the Absence of Trust -- Chapter 5 Conflict in the Production Process -- Chapter 6 The Waste of Human Potential -- Chapter 7 The Waste of Doing Business as Usual -- Part 2 Alternative Approaches to Analyzing Waste -- Chapter 8 A Review of the Literature -- Part 3 Transforming Society -- Chapter 9 Human Nature -- Chapter 10 Toward Passionate Labor -- Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
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This exploration of the reasons why our economy fails to provide a more fulfilling way of life argues that the irrational dominance of markets imposes burdens of needless waste and lost potential, and furthermore, that traditional economics is ill-equipped to approach such matters, because of its focus on limits rather than potential. The author offers case studies of economists' limited attempts to analyze waste, and paints a vivid picture of how a narrow preconception of human nature has precluded society from escaping the tight bounds of market organization. As an alternative, Perelman develops Charles Fourier's concept of passionate labour. Using examples ranging from wartime selflessness to blood donations and computer programming, he demonstrates that passionate labour has the potential to elevate both human performance and satisfaction well beyond the shallow limits imposed by markets.
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Economics.
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Human capital.
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Social justice.
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Waste (Economics)
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Waste (Economics)-- United States.
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Economics.
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Human capital.
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Social justice.
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Waste (Economics)
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United States.
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515.7
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HB71
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