Research Catalog

Title

Stewardship-based economics / Raymond W.Y. Kao.

Author

Kao, Raymond W. Y.

Publication

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2007], ©2007.

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Description

xiii, 218 pages : illustrations (1 color); 23 cm

Subjects

• Wirtschaftsethik
• Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Eigentum
• Wirtschaftsordnung
• Sustainable development
• Economics > Moral and ethical aspects
• Common good > Economic aspects
• Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects
• Distributive justice

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1.1 Life and Living 1 -- 1.2 Bubble Economy and Job Loss 11 -- 1.3 The Aging Population 12 -- 1.4 Petroleum Sales Tax 12 -- 1.5 Black Gold and War 13 -- 1.6 The Trinity of Economic Power 14 -- 1.7 Stewardship-Based Economics is About the Purpose of Life and Living 15 -- Chapter 2 People 21 -- 2.1 Malthus' Population Study 21 -- 2.2 People, Land and Home 23 -- 2.3 Overpopulation and Global Poverty are Not About Numbers 26 -- 2.4 Fact and Wisdom -- Some Lessons from Experience 29 -- 2.5 People: The Most Valuable Capital 32 -- 3.2 Resources: Our Life Support System 43 -- 3.3 Renewable Resources 49 -- 3.4 Non-renewable Resources 52 -- 3.5 When Demand Exceeds Supply 54 -- 3.6 Revisiting the Relationship Between People and Resources 55 -- 3.7 The Market Economy -- A System Governed by the Invisible Hand 56 -- Chapter 4 Fear, Ownership and Stewardship Responsibility 61 -- 4.1 Fear is a Great Motivator 61 -- 4.2 Fear of the Unknown 62 -- 4.3 The Rich Have More Fears 64 -- 4.4 The Good and the Evil 65 -- 4.5 Ownership 66 -- 4.6 The Odd Couple: MBA and ROI 68 -- 4.7 The Unfortunate Reality 70 -- 4.8 Definition of Stewardship 73 -- 4.9 Stewardship Responsibility is Not the Same as Social Responsibility 75 -- Chapter 5 Production 80 -- 5.1 Entrepreneurship 80 -- 5.2 Survival 82 -- 5.3 Ownership and the Accumulation of Wealth 84 -- 5.4 Employment of Resources 86 -- 5.5 Cost and Costing 87 -- 5.6 Issues of Concern 88 -- 5.7 Capital 91 -- 5.8 Discount Theory and the Future 95 -- 5.9 Capitalism -- Can We Make It Work? 96 -- Chapter 6 From Slave Trade to Globalization 101 -- 6.1 Trade, War and Peace 101 -- 6.2 From Slave Trade to Colonization and Globalization 102 -- 6.3 Globalization 106 -- 6.4 Governance of the Market Economy 114 -- 6.5 The Multi-functioning Market System 118 -- Chapter 7 Distribution and Sharing 121 -- 7.2 Lakeshore, Oceanfront and Rainforest 124 -- 7.3 Differences Between Distribution and Sharing 126 -- 7.4 Distribution -- Its Right and Entitlement in Practice 127 -- Chapter 8 Capital, Capital Accumulation and Diseconomy 143 -- 8.2 The Sacrifice: The Unaccounted Cost of Capital 144 -- 8.3 The Accumulation of Money Capital 146 -- 8.4 Capital Market 153 -- 8.5 Diseconomy 159 -- Chapter 9 Two Plus One 165 -- 9.2 The Government 166 -- 9.3 Privatization 176 -- 9.4 Philanthropists 177 -- 9.5 Social Entity Inc. 181 -- Chapter 10 The Candle of Hope 191 -- 10.1 The Emergence of Private Property Ownership and Social Justice 192 -- 10.2 The Hope 196 -- 10.3 Stewardship-Based Education 197 -- 10.4 Wrapping Up the Beginning 202.

ISBN

• 9789812704795
• 9812704795

LCCN

2007299941

OCLC

• ocn148861311
• 148861311
• SCSB-5852334

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries