Jonathan Aldred Knihy

'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Over the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book, it's economics that's to blame.Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas, from free-riding to Nudge, seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin

In reality economics is built on ethical foundations - distinctive and controversial views about how we ought to live, what we value and why. This book exposes these hidden assumptions, and opens up the black box of modern economics to reveal that the conventional wisdom is not what it appears to be.

Ebenso provokant wie klar zeigt Jonathan Aldred: Wirtschaft und Ökonomie haben diese verheerende Entwicklung zu verantworten. Eine überfällige, augenöffnende Kritik, die den desaströsen Einfluss ökonomischer Theorien auf unsere Moral und Wertvorstellungen offenbart. In den letzten 50 Jahren hat sich das, was wir als »gut« oder »richtig« bewerten, dramatisch verändert.