McCloskey's sweeping, charming, and even humorous survey of ethical thought and economic realities--from Plato to Barbara Ehrenreich--overturns assumptions about being bourgeois. Applying a new tradition of "virtue ethics," she affirms American capitalism without ignoring its faults.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 10/01/2007
ISBN: 9780226556642
Pages: 634
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d

Review Citations: Books & Culture 11/01/2007 pg. 37