Transcending the Economy explores the reasons why our economy fails to provide a more fulfilling way of life. Michael Perelman argues that the irrational dominance of markets imposes burdens of needless waste and lost potential, and furthermore, traditional economics is ill-equipped to approach such matters because of its focus on limits rather than potential. As an alternative, Perelman develops Charles Fourier’s concept of passionate labor. Using examples ranging from wartime selflessness to blood donations and computer programming, he demonstrates that passionate labor has the potential to elevate both human performance and satisfaction well beyond the shallow limits imposed by markets.
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Michael Perelman is Professor of Economics at California State University in Chico.
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United States, World War, Adam Smith, Herbert Hoover, The Waste of Doing Business, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, University of California, American Engineering Council, General Electric, Peter Grace, Pol Pot, Review of the Literature, Secretary of Commerce, American Economic Association, Charles Fourier, George Akerlof, Great Depression, Harvard University, Richard Titmuss, Shasta County, University of Chicago, Wall Street Journal New!
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A sensory deprivation chamber is a dark, soundproof room in which a solitary person cannot hear anything or see anything. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
passionate labor, billing economy, unproductive labor, fire sector, sensory deprivation chamber, moral capital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, Adam Smith, Herbert Hoover, The Waste of Doing Business, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, University of California, American Engineering Council, General Electric, Peter Grace, Pol Pot, Review of the Literature, Secretary of Commerce, American Economic Association, Charles Fourier, George Akerlof, Great Depression, Harvard University, Richard Titmuss, Shasta County, University of Chicago, Wall Street Journal New!
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- The Economic Nature of the Firm: A Reader by Louis Putterman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder on page 141, and Back Matter
- John Maynard Keynes, Vol. 3: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946 by Robert Skidelsky on page 24, and Back Matter
- The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen on page 22, and Back Matter
- Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce by Douglas Starr on page 146, and Back Matter
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- Manufacturing Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in Corporate Society by Michael Perelman on page 70, and Back Matter
- Steal This Idea: Intellectual Property Rights and the Corporate Confiscation of Creativity by Michael Perelman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Anti-Capitalism: A Marxist Introduction by Alfredo Saad-Filho on page 41
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