1st Edition

Culture and Enterprise The Development, Representation and Morality of Business

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

What is the animating 'spirit' behind what may appear to be the coldly calculating world of markets and business enterprise? Though often mathematically modelled in dry terms, markets can be looked at instead as meaningful domains of human activity. To economists, markets have been seen as nothing but objective 'forces' or allocation 'mechanisms'. This book, however, argues that they can be seen... Read more
Part 1: Introduction Part 2: What is Culture and Why Does it Matter? Part 3: But is Cultural Studies Compatible with Economics? Part 4: How Does Culture Influence Economic Development? Part 5: The Culture Industry's Representation of Business Part 6: The Market Order and the Moral Order Part 7: Conclusion

Biography

Emily Chamlee-Wright, The late Don Lavoie