Should the idea of economic man—the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus—determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, a
A comparative study of political attitudes across social classes, examining what accounts for such differences in opinion and determining whether these differen
The Moral Economy examines the nexus of poverty, credit, and trust in early modern Europe. It starts with an examination of poverty, the need for credit, and th
This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups o