Publication

Mar 2013

In this paper, the author looks at the ethics of economics. She questions the rational choice theory by examining what to expect from market outcomes based on pure market rules, whether these rules favor meritocracy, and whether morals are a precondition for cooperative and successful human societies.

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Author Christiane Krieger-Boden
Series Kiel Institute Policy Briefs
Issue 60
Publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Copyright © 2013 The Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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