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Steiner, Hillel Greed and Fear 2014 Article Market Socialism, G.A. Cohen, Cohen Marx, Market Relations, Greed, Fear, Socialism, Egalitarianism, Political Economy
Citation Steiner, Hillel 2014 Article Politics, Philosophy & Economics Marx Market Relations Greed Fear Socialism Egalitarianism Political Economy Market Socialism G.A. Cohen Cohen

"Greed and Fear"

by Steiner, Hillel (2014)

Abstract

This essay argues that the proffered grounds for Cohen's rejection of market relations that they are sustained by the base motives of greed and fear are unsound and also unnecessary to explain the maximising behaviour induced by those relations.

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Marx, Market Relations, Greed, Fear, Socialism, Egalitarianism, Political Economy

Themes

Market Socialism, G.A. Cohen, Cohen

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