The Wound and the Blessing: Economics, Relationships, and Happiness

The Wound and the Blessing: Economics, Relationships, and Happiness
ISBN-10
1565484282
ISBN-13
9781565484283
Category
Religion
Pages
149
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
New City Press
Author
Luigino Bruni

Description

Bruni offers an authoritative and innovative look at the cultural and anthropological premises underlying contemporary market economies and their promises. He points out the need for balancing the increasing tendency toward isolation with the human need for relationships. Bruni proposes gratuitousness -- free and open reciprocity, quite different from altruism -- as a means of maximizing the benefits of the market without losing the joy that comes from putting relationships with others first.

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