The Company of Strangers: A natural history of economic life. hardcover x, 304 p., 6 halftones, 2 line illus.
Seabright, Paul 著
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 PART I: Tunnel Vision 11 Chapter1 Who's In Charge? 13 Prologue to Part II 27 PART II: From Murderous Apesto Honorary Friends: How Is Human Cooperation Possible? 29 Chapter 2 Manand the Risks of Nature 31 Chapter 3 Murder, Reciprocity, and Trust 48Chapter 4 Money and Human Relationships 67 Chapter 5 Honor among Thieves:Hoarding and Stealing 78 Chapter 6 Professionalism and Fulfilment in Workand War 87 Epilogue to Parts I and II 99 Prologue to Part III 103 PARTIII: Unintended Consequences: From Family Bands to Industrial Cities 107Chapter 7 The City, from Ancient Athens to Modern Manhattan 109 Chapter 8Water: Commodity or Social Institution? 123 Chapter 9 Prices forEverything? 137 Chapter 10 Families and Firms 153 Chapter 11 Knowledgeand Symbolism 174 Chapter 12 Exclusion: Unemployment, Poverty, and Illness190 Epilogue to Part III 209 Prologue to Part IV 211 Part IV: CollectiveAction: From Belligerent States to a Marketplace of Nations 215 Chapter 13States and Empires 217 Chapter 14 Globalization and Political Action 233Conclusion: How Fragile Is the Great Experiment? 245 Notes 259 Bibliography279 Index 295
