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

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

A comparative study of political attitudes across social classes, examining what accounts for such differences in opinion and determining whether these differen

Bringing together international experts on ethnicity and nationalism, this book argues that competing moral economies play an important role in ethnic and natio

Shows the 'moral economy' of early medieval England transformed by 'feudal thinking' in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest.