Markets and human needs

Topics

What are markets? How do they work?
Human needs and the economy.
Limited or unlimited desires.
Aristotle, Karl Polanyi and Muslim thinkers.

Read

Hayek, Friedrich A. “The Use of Knowledge in Society.” American Economic Review 35, no. 4 (September 1945).

Hayek – 1945 – The Use of Knowledge in Society

Ringmar, "Theoretical Preliminaries," 2005

Ringmar – 2005 – Theoretical Preliminaries

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Watch

Sandel, The Moral Limits of Markets

Listen

Activities

Aristotle and the economy