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      Democracy and Capitalism: Property, Community, and the Contradictions of Modern Social Thought

      Samuel Bowles,Herbert Gintis

      Bowles and Gintis present a critique of contemporary Marxian and liberal political theory. They show that ‘capitalism’ and ‘democracy’ - although widely held jointly to characterize Western society - are…

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      A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

      Samuel Bowles,Herbert Gintis

      Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded…

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      Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life

      Samuel Bowles,Herbert Gintis

      A classic work of radical educational theory and a progressive economic vision of equity and equality in America’s schools.

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      Democracy and Capitalism (Routledge Revivals): Property, Community, and the Contradictions of Modern Social Thought

      Samuel Bowles,Herbert Gintis

      Bowles and Gintis present a critique of contemporary Marxian and liberal political theory. They show that ‘capitalism’ and ‘democracy’ - although widely held jointly to characterize Western society - are…

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      Schooling In Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life

      Herbert Gintis,Samuel Bowles

      A classic work of radical educational theory and a progressive economic vision of equity and equality in America’s schools.

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      Markets and Democracy: Participation, Accountability and Efficiency

      The market does not spontaneously generate democratic or participatory economic institutions. The contributors to this book use contemporary microeconomic theory to study whether a modern, efficient economy can be rendered…

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      Markets and Democracy: Participation, Accountability and Efficiency

      The contributors to this book use contemporary microeconomic theory to study whether a modern, efficient economy can be rendered democratically accountable and, if so, what strategic changes might be required…

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      Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success

      Is the United States the land of equal opportunity or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background…

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      Recasting Egalitarianism: New Rules for Communities, States and Markets

      Herbert Gintis,Samuel Bowles

      Addresses the challenges posed by a globally integrated economy and the economic roles played by information and motivation. The text argues for an egalitarian redistribution of assets - land, capital…

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      Recasting Egalitarianism: New Rules for Communities, States and Markets

      Herbert Gintis,Samuel Bowles

      Addresses the challenges posed by a globally integrated economy and the economic roles played by information and motivation. The text argues for an egalitarian redistribution of assets - land, capital…

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      Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies

      Combining ethnographic and experimental approaches, this book reports the results of a large cross-cultural study aimed at determining the sources of social (non-selfish) preferences that underlie the diversity of human…

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      Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-scale Societies

      Addresses the nature of human sociality. By bringing together experimental and ethnographic data from 15 different tribal societies, the contributors are able to explore the universality of human motives in…

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