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Exploring the interplay between mutuality and impersonal trade, the author examines how competitive trade fosters calculative reasoning in economic discourse. By analyzing diverse contexts from local to global markets, the book reveals how market logic often undermines the mutuality essential for economic stability. It challenges conventional notions of economic welfare and development, offering insights into environmental issues and wealth inequalities. This cross-cultural perspective redefines freedom and proposes strategies to address pressing economic challenges.
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Economy's Tension, Stephen Gudeman
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Economy's Tension
- Subtitle
- The Dialectics of Community and Market
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stephen Gudeman
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 198
- ISBN13
- 9781845455149
- Category
- Ethnography
- Description
- Exploring the interplay between mutuality and impersonal trade, the author examines how competitive trade fosters calculative reasoning in economic discourse. By analyzing diverse contexts from local to global markets, the book reveals how market logic often undermines the mutuality essential for economic stability. It challenges conventional notions of economic welfare and development, offering insights into environmental issues and wealth inequalities. This cross-cultural perspective redefines freedom and proposes strategies to address pressing economic challenges.