The Politics of Value: Three Movements to Change How We Think about the Economy

by Jane L. Collins

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022644614X
• ISBN13: 9780226446141
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"