"Global financial capitalism has eroded the moral economy on which all economic exchanges ultimately depend. The principles of reciprocity, responsibility and redistribution, which for centuries defined the market place, have been increasingly pushed aside by a growth model that places the pursuit of profit above all else. Drawing on the Italian tradition of civic humanism, political economists Luigino Bruni and Stefano Zamagni, advocat ..."
"Writings of Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement"
Reciprocity, Altruism and the Civil Society(1st Edition) In praise of heterogeneity (Routledge Advances in Game Theory) by LuiginoBruni Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2008 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-56964-4, ISBN: 0-415-56964-8
"The main emphasis of this new book from Luigino Bruni is a praise of heterogeneity, arguing that society works when different people are able to cooperate in many different ways. The author engages in a novel approach to reciprocity looking at its different forms in society, from cautious or contractual interactions, to the reciprocity of friendship to unconditional behaviour. Bruni'ss historical-methodological analysis of reciprocity ..."
"The recent era of economic turbulence has generated a growing enthusiasm for an increase in new and original economic insights based around the concepts of reciprocity and social enterprise. This stimulating and thought-provoking Handbook not only encourages and supports this growth, but also emphasizes and expands upon new topics and issues within the economics discourse.Original contributions from key international experts acknowledge ..."
"This book is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive overview of the burgeoning field of happiness and economics. The essays collected in this book provide an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the theoretical, applied and partly experimental aspects of the whole field and discusses the economic, sociological, philosophical, and psychological contributions to the field. The book breaks new ground, particularly on the ..."
Civil Economy Another Idea of the Market by LuiginoBruni, Stefano Zamagni Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2017 by Agenda Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-911116-01-1, ISBN: 1-911116-01-0
"Global financial capitalism has eroded the moral economy on which all economic exchanges ultimately depend. The principles of reciprocity, responsibility and redistribution, which for centuries defined the market place, have been increasingly pushed aside by a growth model that places the pursuit of profit above all else.Drawing on the Italian tradition of civic humanism, political economists Luigino Bruni and Stefano Zamagni, advocate ..."
Civil Happiness(1st Edition) Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective by LuiginoBruni Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-49410-6, ISBN: 0-415-49410-9
"Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume presents an historical review of the evolution of economic thought, from economic philosophy to contemporary mathematical economics, and its critique of how the human and social dimensions of economics have been lost in this evolutionary process. Examining the ..."
"There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the work of Vilfredo Pareto, one of the founders of modern economics. This book reconstructs the genesis and significance of Paretos theory of choice which is Paretos greatest contribution to economic science and which was used by John Hicks, among others, to develop microeconomics. Hicks, Allen, Samuelson and others acknowledged Pareto as the father of the new ordinalist microecon ..."
" `After many years of neglect, the topic of happiness is returning to the agenda of economics. This wide-ranging collection of papers considers the significance of happiness for economic theory and policy, drawing on ideas from psychology, philosophy and history as well as economics itself. In stressing the importance of sociality as a source of happiness, the authors open up new territory for social science.' - Robert Sugden, Univ ..."
"This book is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive overview of happiness in Economics. Although it is comparatively unusual to put happiness and economics together, the association appears increasingly exciting and fruitful. A number of studies have been produced following Richard Easterlins and Tibor Scitovskys pioneering works throughout the 1970s. The essays collected in this book provide an authoritative and comprehen ..."
"The Microeconomics of Wellbeing and Sustainability: Recasting the Economic Process explores the civil economy tradition in economic thought. Gaining increasing consensus worldwide, this alternative-not heterodox-view of the economic process and agents explains how modern economics is placing increasing emphasis on the determinants of subjective wellbeing and environmental sustainability. With support from behavioral economics, this book ..."
"The crisis that market societies are undergoing is essentially a crisis of relationships. It originates in the illusion that the market, through the actions of an "invisible hand" operating in impersonal market relationships, can present us a good common life exempt from the possibility of being wounded by the other. Luigino Bruni offers an authoritative and innovative look at the cultural and anthropological premises underlying contemp ..."
"Pope Benedict XVI’s new encyclical letter, Caritas in Veritate, in paragraph 46 speaks of an “economy of communion”. As John Allen remarked in a July 7 interview with Mundell & Associates, an Indiana-based “Economy of Communion” business, “The ‘Economy of communion’ was cited by Benedict XVI as a promising form of intermediate activity between for-profit business and classic non-profit institutions, rupturing what the pope called an ‘ex ..."
"Offering a thorough assessment of recent developments in the economic literature on happiness and quality of life, this major research handbook astutely considers both methods of estimation and policy application. Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta's refreshing, and constructively critical, approach emphasizes the subject's integral impact on latter-day capitalism.Expert contributors critically present in-depth research on a wide range ..."
"In recent years, debates on the economics of happiness have shown that, over the long-term, well-being is influenced more by social and personal relationships than by income. This evidence challenges the traditional economic policy paradigm that has emphasized income as the primary determinant of well-being. This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars to ask: What should be done to improve the quality of people's liv ..."
"The recent era of economic turbulence has generated a growing enthusiasm for an increase in new and original economic insights based around the concepts of reciprocity and social enterprise. This stimulating and thought-provoking Handbook not only encourages and supports this growth, but also emphasises and expands upon new topics and issues within the economics discourse.Original contributions from key international experts acknowledge ..."
"Few would dispute that the well-being of individuals is one of the most desirable aims of human actions. However, approaches on how to define, measure, evaluate, and promote well-being differ widely. The conventional economic approach takes income (or the power to acquire market goods) as the most important indicator for well-being, and the utility function as the formal device for positive and normative analysis. However, this approach ..."
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Layard, R. (2009). “The greatest happiness principle: its time has come.” In: S.
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