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The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens (Castle Lectures Series)

Samuel Bowles

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Description:Should the idea of economic man-the amoral and self-interested "Homo economicus"-determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding "no." Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may "crowd out" ethical and generous motives and thus backfire. But incentives per se are not really the culprit. Bowles shows that crowding out occurs when the message conveyed by fines and rewards is that self-interest is expected, that the employer thinks the workforce is lazy, or that the citizen cannot otherwise be trusted to contribute to the public good. Using historical and recent case studies as well as behavioral experiments, Bowles shows how well-designed incentives can crowd "in" the civic motives on which good governance depends."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens (Castle Lectures Series). To get started finding The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens (Castle Lectures Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Should the idea of economic man-the amoral and self-interested "Homo economicus"-determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding "no." Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may "crowd out" ethical and generous motives and thus backfire. But incentives per se are not really the culprit. Bowles shows that crowding out occurs when the message conveyed by fines and rewards is that self-interest is expected, that the employer thinks the workforce is lazy, or that the citizen cannot otherwise be trusted to contribute to the public good. Using historical and recent case studies as well as behavioral experiments, Bowles shows how well-designed incentives can crowd "in" the civic motives on which good governance depends."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens (Castle Lectures Series). To get started finding The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens (Castle Lectures Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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