Households: On the Moral Architecture of the Economy

Households: On the Moral Architecture of the Economy by Booth, William James. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780801427916.

What human purpose does an economy serve? In this pathbreaking book, William James Booth examines what he calls the moral architecture of the economy―its significance in our ethical world and the influence of social values on its institutions. Turning to the most fundamental economic unit, Booth explores three basic conceptions of the household―the Aristotelian, the classic liberal, and the Marxist.