The Company of Strangers : A Natural History of Economic Life
Editorial Reviews
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
"Liberalism is the only unifying creed for a divided world. Can it win against those who despise tolerance?"
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Howard Davies Times Higher Education Supplement : A clear, thought-provoking and elegant book.
Giles Whittell The Times (London) : An important and timely book.
The Economist : A very unusual new book about economics, and much else besides.
Herbert Gintis Nature : Exemplifies a new breed of economic analysis, seeking answers to fundamental questions wherever they are found and ignoring disciplinary boundaries.
Choice : Despite their genetic predisposition toward violent . . . behavior [humans] have managed to produce a complex civilization through market-based institutions.
Diane Coyle Strategy and Business : In these days of terror and conflict, Seabright's stunning exploration of this human social experiment is timely.
Martin Wolf Financial Times : A brilliant book.
Robert Fulford National Post : Seabright has produced one of those books that lie low, speak quietly, but work a change on the reader.
George Peden Times Literary Supplement : The Company of Strangers is a model of how different disciplines can enrich each other to explain human progress.
Karl Sigmund American Scientist : Obviously not meant as an exercise in planned economy, but as an excursion . . . through a tumultuous crowd of ideas.
Maggie McDonald New Scientist : Today [Paul Seabright] says, all our economic institutions rely on trust. . . . [I]t is a provocative read.
Korea Herald : [This] illuminating book . . . brings together insights from history, biology and sociology to explain the concept of modern civilization.
The Company of Strangers : A Natural History of Economic Life
The Company of Strangers : A Natural History of Economic Life,Paul Seabright,Princeton University Press,0691124523,Business & Economics,Business/Economics,Economic History,Sociology,Sociology - General,Anthropology,Biological Sciences,Business & Economics / Economic History,Economics,Psychology
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