In an increasingly globalised world, economic and cultural imperatives can be seen as two of the most powerful forces shaping human behaviour. This book conside

. . . the book is excellent in setting out and explaining a fundamental critique of economics one moreover that has been missed by most other current critics of

Culture manifests itself in everything human, including the ordinary business of everyday life. Culture and art have their own value, but economic values are al

Many economists now accept that informal institutions and culture play a crucial role in economic outcomes. Driven by the work of economists like Nobel laureate

This volume emphasizes the economic aspects of art and culture, a relatively new field that poses inherent problems for economics, with its quantitative concept