Making markets : an interdisciplinary perspective on economic exchange

Author(s)

• Cantor, Robin Ann
• Henry, Stuart
• Rayner, Steve
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Bibliographic Information

Making markets : an interdisciplinary perspective on economic exchange

Robin Cantor, Stuart Henry, and Steve Rayner ; foreword by Amitai Etzioni

（Contributions in economics and economic history, no. 135）

Greenwood Press, 1992

Note

"Prepared under the auspices of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book considers the social and economic arrangements that would be necessary for rational mechanisms of exchange and distribution to emerge, function, and remain viable if extreme conditions produced an absence or the severe destruction of an institutional infrastructure and of resource endowments. Written by an economist, a sociologist, and an anthropologist, the study confronts such radical circumstances from an interdisciplinary perspective, thereby rethinking and revising some cherished conventional economic and social assumptions. At one level, the book discusses the kinds of market structures that would be viable under different socioeconomic conditions. At another level, the analysis questions monolithic approaches to applied economic analysis and policy based on what works under existing conditions. To illustrate the applicability of theoretical modeling, the authors consider two policy areas: economic recovery from a major societal disaster and economic development. The book will be of particular interest to students of applied economics, but it will also be of interest to those concerned with social ecology, economy and society, economic history, economic anthropology, applied sociology, and developmental studies. It will be especially valuable to scholars in Eastern European and socialist economic systems that are currently seeking to establish market economies.

Table of Contents

Introduction Modeling Markets: A Common Framework for Analyzing Exchange Nonmarket Exchange Structures Market Exchange Structures Business As Usual The Wasteland: Worse Case Fat of the Land: Resource Abundance Bureaucratic Nightmare: Institution Intensive Problems and Possibilities: The Real World Scenario Conclusions References Index

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Details

• NCID: BA18444937
• ISBN:
  • 0313268215
• LCCN: 91042731
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 192 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB501
  • DC20 : 338.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Capitalism
  • LCSH : Markets
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00199946