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020			_a9780141986951
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035			_a(OCoLC)1196079820
050			_aHM548 _b.A43 2020
100	1		_aAldred, Jonathan.
245	1	0	_aLicence to be bad : _bhow economics corrupted us / _cJonathan Aldred.
260			_a[London] : _bPenguin Books, _c2020.
300			_a310 p.
500			_aReprint. Originally published: 2009.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aOver the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory book, it's economics that's to blame. Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin.
650		4	_aEconomics _xSociological aspects.
650		4	_aEthics.
650		4	_aEconomics _xMoral and ethical aspects.
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