Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Putting the Social Back into Economics Part I: Individual Behavior 2. Becker’s Two Models of Social Interaction 3. Greed, Need and Solidarity: The Socialization of Homo Economicus 4. The Burden of Knowledge and Schumpeter’s Innovation Part II: Macroeconomics and Money 5. Money as Social Institution: Its Historical Emergence and Political Implications 6. A Closer Look at the Promise of the Blockchain in Banking and Biobanking 7. When the Cultural Argument Goes too Far: The Need to Limit Particularism and Welcome Convergence on Socially Progressive Goals Part III: Policy Issues 8. Industrial Policy and Societal Goals: A New Look at the American Case (from Hamilton to Obama and Trump) 9. Relational Determinants of International Environmental Cooperation: A Panel Analysis 10. Explaining Inequality: Facts are No Longer Enough

About the Author

Steven Pressman is Professor of Economics at Colorado State University, USA, and Emeritus Professor of Economics and Finance at Monmouth University, USA.