Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society
Abstract Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s dystopian work of fiction, became a cornerstone of libertarian philosophy and its influence continues as an articulation of contemporary capitalism. In introducing this Special Issue, we revisit its core assumptions and contradictions in order to reimagine capitalism and reflect on the potential of management studies
Rick Delbridge +4 more
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Trajectory of longitudinal lending discrimination modifies the efficacy of a skills-based intervention in stroke survivors. [PDF]
Wing JJ +5 more
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Kant on Bullshit Jobs—Mere Means and True Means
ABSTRACT Following David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, there has recently been academic and public discussion about useless work. Immanuel Kant maintains that we ought to be means for others and that there is a duty to be useful. Graeber and Kant are both concerned with a form of harm often overlooked in contemporary ethics and political philosophy, namely,
Martin Sticker
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African-American Women's Early-Life Exposure to Neighborhood Mortgage Discrimination and Preterm Birth Rates: A Population-Based Study. [PDF]
Kim C +6 more
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Religion and Black/White Residential Segregation: The Influence of Religious and Regional Context
ABSTRACT Research on religious tradition and residential segregation focuses on “open” versus “closed” civic orientations, but ignores the structural effects of religious fields as well as other relevant differences, such as Catholic immigrant parishes and the communal role of Black Protestantism in response to racial hostility in large northern cities
David Sikkink, Michael Emerson
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Increasing Access, Equitability, and Rigor in the Assessment of Neighborhood Mortgage Discrimination. [PDF]
Moubadder L +7 more
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ABSTRACT The paper examines the financial balances of the US economy. Government is the main borrower and households and the foreign sector the main lenders. Business net lending is minimal. The balances and their underlying transactions contradict the loanable funds theory and its “global savings glut” variation.
Michalis Nikiforos, Lance Taylor
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Dynamic interdependence between consumer confidence and housing prices: Evidence from bootstrap rolling window causality tests. [PDF]
Guan Y, Su C, Wang Y.
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The Limits of Regulatory Capture: Explaining the UK Payment Protection Insurance Mis‐Selling Scandal
ABSTRACT To what extent does regulatory agencies' failure to protect the public from harm result from undue industry influence? We argue that “regulatory capture” is invoked too easily to explain regulatory failure. To re‐examine the relationship between regulatory capture and regulatory failure, we use process‐tracing to study UK regulatory decision ...
Eva Heims
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Race, Crime, and Lending Risk in Chicago: The Relevance of Crime and Disorder for HOLC's Neighborhood Assessments. [PDF]
Evans M.
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