{"product_id":"how-much-is-enough-book-robert-skidelsky-9781590516348","title":"How Much is Enough?","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative and timely call for a moral approach to economics, drawing on philosophers, political theorists, writers, and economists from Aristotle to Marx to Keynes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e    What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money? Why\u003cbr\u003e do we work such long hours merely to acquire greater wealth? These\u003cbr\u003e are some of the questions that many asked themselves when the\u003cbr\u003e financial system crashed in 2008. This book tackles such questions\u003cbr\u003e head-on.  \u003cbr\u003e    The authors begin with the great economist John Maynard Keynes.\u003cbr\u003e In 1930 Keynes predicted that, within a century, per capita income\u003cbr\u003e would steadily rise, people's basic needs would be met, and no one\u003cbr\u003e would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Clearly, he was\u003cbr\u003e wrong: though income has increased as he envisioned, our wants\u003cbr\u003e have seemingly gone unsatisfied, and we continue to work long hours.\u003cbr\u003e    The Skidelskys explain why Keynes was mistaken. Then, arguing\u003cbr\u003e from the premise that economics is a moral science, they trace the\u003cbr\u003e concept of the good life from Aristotle to the present and show how\u003cbr\u003e our lives over the last half century have strayed from that ideal. Finally,\u003cbr\u003e they issue a call to think anew about what really matters in our lives\u003cbr\u003e and how to attain it. \u003ci\u003eHow Much Is Enough?\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of deep intelligence\u003cbr\u003e and ethical commitment accessible to all readers.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49524235075857,"sku":"GOR006817436","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50140544401681,"sku":"CIN1590516346G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50391791239441,"sku":"CIN1590516346A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50764532056337,"sku":"CIN1590516346VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51037973217553,"sku":"NIN9781590516348","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1590516346.jpg?v=1751245494","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/how-much-is-enough-book-robert-skidelsky-9781590516348","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}