The microeconomics of wellbeing and sustainability : recasting the economic process /

The Microeconomics of Wellbeing and Sustainability: Recasting the Economic Process explores the civil economy tradition in economic thought. Gaining increasing consensus worldwide, this alternative--not heterodox -view of the economic process and agents explains how modern economics is placing incre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Becchetti, Leonardo (Author), Bruni, Luigino, 1966- (Author), Zamagni, Stefano (Author)
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Medical economics > Social aspects. Well-being > Economic aspects. Sustainability > Health aspects. Sustainability > Economic aspects. Medical economics. Economics, Medical Économie de la santé > Aspect social. Bien-être > Aspect économique. Durabilité de l'environnement > Aspect économique. Économie de la santé. Medical economics Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Economics: what it studies, with what methods, and how it evolved
2. The market
3. The theory of consumption
4. The theory of production decisions
5. Perfectly competitive markets
6. Non-competitive markets and elements of game theory
7. New theories of the firm
8. The utilitarian view of welfare economics
9. The theory of Homo reciprocans
10. Not just for profit: civil enterprises and values-based organizations
11. Corporate social responsibility
12. Happiness, relational good, and social progress
13. Growth and the environment in the era of globalization.