Imprint Academic
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The Blind Guardians of Ignorance
Covid-19, Sustainability, and Our Vulnerable Future
Politicians, business leaders, and sustainability experts have assumed that market forces will drive the transformation to sustainability. This book explains in clear language why this view is wrong and what we need to do to prepare for the future of humanity. Governments will have a key role to play in this process, and they need a wake-up call.
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The Nature of Goods and the Goods of Nature
Why anti-globalisation is not the answer
The Nature of Goods and the Goods of Nature unfolds a voyage of awareness that links our everyday experiences with the economic theory of the nature of goods to the goods of nature — human nature, social nature, and the environment — that are essential for all of us in our quest for happiness and prosperity.
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Playing the Long Game
How to Save the West from Short-Termism
This book explains how short-termism is damaging our economy and what we can do about it.
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Capitalism and Human Values
In this book we construct a foundation for values based on our common humanity and explore personal, social and political values from a fresh perspective.
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Moored to the Continent?
Future Options for Britain and the EU
Is there an alternative to EU membership? What if Britain left the EU? Would it be a disastrous or liberating experience? What trade relationships could the UK forge outside the EU? How would economic and social policy be different? What are the implications for sovereignty and democracy? This text seeks to answer these questions.
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Natural Law, Economics and the Common Good
In this volume a distinguished set of authors explore various economic, philosophical, and ethical ideas from historical, contemporary, and future-looking perspectives.
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Economic Reform and a Liberal Culture
And Other Essays on Social and Cultural Topics
This second collection of essays for the Societas series by Tom Rubens continues the author's discussion of contemporary issues contained in "Progressive Secular Society" (Imprint Academic 2008).
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Poverty or Prosperity?
What Tax is Best for a Flourishing Economy
A collection of essays by leading economists on how different tax regimes affect the overall prosperity of a country.
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Anxious To Do Good
Learning to be an Economist the Hard Way
After nearly three and a half -- rather too exciting -- years as a young war-time sailor, Alan Peacock expected to return to a life of quiet contemplation. Instead he became an activist economist frequently engaged in controversies about the conduct of economic policy. This is his story.
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Profit, Prudence and Virtue
Essays in Ethics, Business and Management
Essays in the ethics of business and management.
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Utility
Happiness in Philosophical and Economic Thought
A volume on the nature, ingredients, causes and consequences of human happiness by the father and son team of Anthony and Charles Kenny.
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Mendacious Colours of Democracy
An Anatomy of Benevolent Lying
'Politics is a noble, but also a dirty, business. To gain election — and retain office — politicians are frequently compelled to be dishonest. They engage in benevolent lying because obstruction by stupid voters will otherwise stop them advancing the national interest as they see it.' So claims the author of this eye-opening book.
Featured Titles
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Culture War
Art, Identity Politics and Cultural Entryism
Alexander Adams -
Before Consciousness
In Search of the Fundamentals of Mind
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Arthur Balfour's Ghosts
An Edwardian Elite and the Riddle of the Cross-Correspondence Automatic Writings
Trevor Hamilton -
The Singularity
Could artificial intelligence really out-think us (and would we want it to)?
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The Nature of Goods and the Goods of Nature
Why anti-globalisation is not the answer
Estefania Santacreu-Vasut -
The Many Faces of Coincidence
Laurence Browne -
Becoming Artificial
A Philosophical Exploration into Artificial Intelligence and What it Means to be Human
Danial Sonik -
Seeing
Beyond Dreaming to Religious Experiences of Light
George Gillespie -
Immigration Control in a Warming World
Realizing the Moral Challenges of Climate Migration
Johannes Graf Keyserlingk -
British Idealism and International Thought
The Development of Human Rights
Nazli Pinar Kaymaz