Globalisation, Eden and the Myth of Original Markets

The proposal by Adam Smith that the market is a primal human reality has arguably been the most influential of the myths offered as a substitute for the authoritative story of Eden by the Enlightenment’s founding fathers. This essay examines how rival primal stories shape agents’ moral stances by di...

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Main Author: Brock, Brian 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2015
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 402-418
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
NCE Business ethics
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B Economics
B Barter
B Eden
B Adam Smith
B patent rights
B Globalisation
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