Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-244) and index.
Contents
The Savanna Code: What Good Are Morals? -- Bazaar and Empire: How Did We Become Civilized and Why Did We Start Shopping? -- The Great Transformation: Why Is the Modern World So Rich? -- Utopias of Cooperation: Romantics, Communists, and Other Anti-moderns -- Russia's Transition to Kleptocracy: When Markets Need Morals -- Japan's Bubbles and Zombies: When Morals Choke Markets -- Towers of Trust: The Rise (and Occasional Crash) of Financial Markets -- From Hudson's Bay to eBay: Why Do Some People Like Going to Work? -- Markets for Crime and Markets for Punishment -- Mullahs' Revenge: Gangs, Cults, and Anti-terrorists -- Cooling the Earth: Environmental Markets and Morals -- Future Morals and Markets:Can This Marriage Be Saved?