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| ISBN: | 9780226446288
022644628X
9780226446004
022644600X
9780226446141
022644614X
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 27, 2017).
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| Summary: | The Great Recession not only shook Americans' economic faith but also prompted powerful critiques of economic institutions. This timely book explores three movements that gathered force after 2008: the rise of the benefit corporation, which requires social responsibility and eschews share price as the best metric for success; the emergence of a new group, Slow Money, that fosters peer-to-peer investing; and the 2011 Wisconsin protests against a bill restricting the union rights of state workers. Each case shows how the concrete actions of a group of citizens can prompt us to reflect on what is needed for a just and sustainable economic system. In one case, activists raised questions about the responsibilities of business, in the second about the significance of local economies, and in the third about the contributions of the public sector. Through these movements, Jane L. Collins maps a set of cultural conversations about the types of investments and activities that contribute to the health of the economy. Compelling and persuasive, this a new framework for viewing economic value, one grounded in thoughtful assessment of the social division of labor and the relationship of the state and the market to civil society.
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| Other form: | Print version: Collins, Jane Lou, 1954- Politics of value. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017 9780226446004 022644600X
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