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Systems of Survival: a Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics

The author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities looks at business fraud and criminal enterprise, overextended government farm subsidies and zealous transit police, to show what happens when the moral systems of commerce collide with those of politics.

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 236 pages

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