The Street Porter and the Philosopher: Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism

by Sandra J. Peart

Adam Smith, asserting the common humanity of the street porter and the philosopher, articulated the classical economists' model of social interactions as exchanges among equals. This model had largely fallen out of favor until, recently, a number of scholars in the avant-garde of economic thought rediscovered it and rechristened it "analytical egalitarianism." In this volume, Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy bring together an impressive array...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472116444
• ISBN13: 9780472116447
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"