Ethical and Philosophical
Foundations of Economics

An Online Book On the Ethics and Philosophy of Economics
by Richard Garlikov

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Five Questions
Chapter 2: Economics and Ethics
Chapter 3: The Purpose or Merit of an Economic System
Chapter 4: Judgment
Chapter 5: Goods and Services
Chapter 6: Economic Progress and Real Progress
Chapter 7: Economic Participation
Chapter 8: Fairness
Chapter 9: Hayek's Claim Further Examined
Chapter 10: The Invisible Hand Explained
Chapter 11: Profit
Chapter 12: Jobs vs. Costs
Chapter 13: Different Earnings
Chapter 14: Channeling Labor (Including Letting It Flow Freely)
Chapter 15: Skewing
Chapter 16: Social Goals
Chapter 17: Money, Labor, and Trade
Chapter 18: Inflation
Chapter 19: The Ethics of Money
Chapter 20: Voluntary Taxes and Public Buying "Brokers"
Chapter 21: Investment and Consumption
Chapter 22: Quantifying Qualities of Value
Chapter 23: Ethical Values, Economic Values, and the Culture of the Work Place
Chapter 24: Freedom
Chapter 25: Economic Systems and Human Nature
Chapter 26: Other Authors
Chapter 27: Money, Trade, Dividing Work, and Leisure
Chapter 28: The Problem Free Markets and Majority-Rule Democracy Have In Common
Chapter 29: Ramifications
Additional
Chapter 30: The Meaning of Market Prices
Chapter 31: Regressive Taxes
Chapter 32: The Economy and Tax Revenues
Chapter 33: Ramifications of Increased Productivity: A Paradox In Approaching Paradise
Chapter 34: Pricing
Chapter 35: A Proposed Model for Overcoming the 2008 Financial “Meltdown”
Chapter 36: Fair Economic Trade Across Generations
Chapter 37: When Economic Process Displaces Purpose