Samuel Bowles directs the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute and is the author of Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution; A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution (with Herbert Gintis);andThe New Economics of Inequality and Redistribution.
"In his tightly argued and illuminating book, Bowles makes the case
that appeals made to our self-interest can undercut instinctive
moral impulses; and that when these impulses are weakened crucial
institutions work sub-optimally, if not at all."—Robert Armstrong,
Financial Times
"Bowles makes an appealing case that virtue has a place in the
world of economics . . . adds to a tide of research (such as
the work of economist Elinor Ostrom and evolutionary biologist
David Sloan Wilson) showing that selfishness is not the only human
virtue in the real world."—Bob Holmes, New Scientist
“A welcome alternative. . . Bowles persuasively argues that when
economists take as given (and thus plan for) a world of
utility-maximising agents, they actually help create such a
world.”
—Rebecca L. Spang, Times Literary Supplement
Won an Honorable Mention for the 2017 Robert Lane Award given by
the Organized Political Sections of the APSA
"The Moral Economy plows new ground in exploring how the actions we
take are motivated by their meaning. Samuel Bowles is proposing a
paradigm shift in how we think about our lives and about
economics."—George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics
"The Moral Economy convincingly shows that economic incentives
and legal constraints alone will not produce a flourishing society
because good – morally motivated – people are indispensable. A
thought-provoking work!"—Ernst Fehr, Professor of Economics at the
University of Zurich
"The Moral Economy is a brilliant book. Rarely have such big ideas
been communicated in such a compact package. This book should
change the way political leaders, policy makers, and social
scientists of all stripes do their work and understand the work
that they do."—Barry Schwartz, author of Practical Wisdom and Why
We Work
"In this wonderful book, Sam Bowles explores—with intellectual
breadth and analytical acuity—the importance of altruism and a
sense of fairness in creating and sustaining decent societies. His
prose is lucid, arguments compelling, and conclusions important.
This is social science at its very best."—Joshua Cohen, Apple
University
"Sam Bowles is a visionary thinker who has done more than anyone
else I know to unite the social sciences. In this superb book his
combination of wisdom and rigor shines through, offering important
lessons for anyone who hopes to motivate, govern, or even inspire
actual humans."—Joshua Greene, author of Moral Tribes and director
of the Moral Cognition Lab, Harvard University
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