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Beyond Self-Interest: Why the Market Rewards Those Who Reject It
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Bloomsbury Publishing
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Krzysztof Pelc
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English
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A fascinating book, bursting with paradoxes, riddles and counterintuitive ideas that will challenge some of your strongest beliefs about how society works’ Daniel Susskind ‘It takes scholarly courage and knowledge to upend Adam Smith, but this is what Krzysztof Pelc has done . . . Profound and brilliant’ Robert Skidelsky __________________ In his first book, brilliant young political economist Krzysztof Pelc overturns our understanding of how self-interest works. We’ve learned that the way to get ahead is through strong will, grit and naked ambition. The belief that self-interest makes the world go round has served us well: it has helped make our society more affluent. But does that premise still hold? In Beyond Self-Interest, Krzysztof Pelc argues that those who prosper increasingly do so by spurning prosperity, or by convincing others that they are pursuing passion, purpose, love of craft – anything but their own self-advancement. From the Puritans, who followed a religious calling and yet made a killing; to the fastest-growing firms of today, who claim to bechanging to the world’ throughdoing what they love’, declaring passion over profit is a profitable move. A bold, incisive and original work that draws on three centuries of intellectual thought, Beyond Self-Interest is a book to upend how we relate to capitalism. What if the true driver of market society is not the appearance of self-interest, but its opposite? __________________ ‘Lucid, smartly written … A welcome intervention into the debate surrounding the future of liberalism’ Financial Times
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A fascinating book, bursting with paradoxes, riddles and counterintuitive ideas that will challenge some of your strongest beliefs about how society works’ Daniel Susskind ‘It takes scholarly courage and knowledge to upend Adam Smith, but this is what Krzysztof Pelc has done . . . Profound and brilliant’ Robert Skidelsky __________________ In his first book, brilliant young political economist Krzysztof Pelc overturns our understanding of how self-interest works. We’ve learned that the way to get ahead is through strong will, grit and naked ambition. The belief that self-interest makes the world go round has served us well: it has helped make our society more affluent. But does that premise still hold? In Beyond Self-Interest, Krzysztof Pelc argues that those who prosper increasingly do so by spurning prosperity, or by convincing others that they are pursuing passion, purpose, love of craft – anything but their own self-advancement. From the Puritans, who followed a religious calling and yet made a killing; to the fastest-growing firms of today, who claim to bechanging to the world’ throughdoing what they love’, declaring passion over profit is a profitable move. A bold, incisive and original work that draws on three centuries of intellectual thought, Beyond Self-Interest is a book to upend how we relate to capitalism. What if the true driver of market society is not the appearance of self-interest, but its opposite? __________________ ‘Lucid, smartly written … A welcome intervention into the debate surrounding the future of liberalism’ Financial Times
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Krzysztof Pelc is Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University, having held positions at Princeton, NYU and the University of Copenhagen. He is a contributor to publications including the Washington Post and the Atlantic, and regularly appears on television and radio to speak about current affairs. In 221, he won the Financial Times essay prize, held on the bicentenary of the Political Economy Club. Born in Warsaw, Pelc grew up in Quebec and now lives in Montreal.
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