Description
Once rather confined to parts of Europe and North The usa, commercial societies are actually found in many other cultures and continents. Yet in spite of the international spread and growth of commercial order, the moral, economic, and legal foundations of commercial society remain poorly understood, especially in those countries where it first took root. Guided by the thoughts of Alexis de Tocqueville, Samuel Gregg’s The Commercial Society identifies and explores the important thing foundational elements that should exist within a society for commercial order to take root and flourish. Gregg studies the challenges that have consistently impeded and from time to time undermined commercial order, including the persistence of ‘corporatist’ values and political movements in the hunt for to equalize social conditions. This book offers a historically-grounded analysis for up to date audiences considering philosophy or the history of economics.