Are Markets Moral?

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Edward Skidelsky, Robert Skidelsky

   Pages 1-7

3. Restraining Insatiability

   • Edward Skidelsky, Robert Skidelsky

   Pages 8-43

4. Equality and Corruption

   • Edward Skidelsky, Robert Skidelsky

   Pages 44-76

5. The Moral Limits of Markets

   • Edward Skidelsky, Robert Skidelsky

   Pages 77-102

6. The Meaning of Money

   • Edward Skidelsky, Robert Skidelsky

   Pages 103-143

7. Back Matter

   Pages 145-148

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This volume scrutinizes the functionality of a capitalist market society, which is usually praised for the efficiency and dynamism, rather than for its morality. It addresses the dualism behind capitalism's encouragement of greed, which is usually considered to be a moral failing, while also being a driver behind economic growth.

• capitalism
• economic growth
• efficiency
• growth
• morality

• University of Exeter, UK

  Edward Skidelsky

• University of Warwick, UK

  Robert Skidelsky

Showkat Ali, University College London, UK Perry Anderson, UCLA Philip Blond, Respublica Richard Bronk, London School of Economics, UK Nan Craig, Centre for Global Studies Jonathan Derbyshire, Prospect Robert Frank, Cornell University David Graeber, London School of Economics, UK Geoffrey Hosking, University College London, UK Steven Lukes, New York University, USA Felix Martin John Milbank, University of Nottingham, UK Véronique Munoz Dardé, UC Berkeley Glen Newey, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Richard Seaford, University of Exeter, UK Edward Skidelsky, University of Exeter, UK Robert Skidelsky, University of Warwick, UK

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