Values of Economics

<p>In his <em>Ethics</em> Aristotle argued that human beings try to further a variety of values by balancing them stating that people try to find a middle road between excess and deficiency. The author develops and applies this idea to the values of economics arguing that in the economy; freedom justice and care are also balanced to further ends with scarce means. Freedom is furthered through market exchange justice through a redistributive role of the state and care through mutual gifts of labour and sharing of resources in the economy.<br>The book argues that economics is and has always been about human values which guide enable constrain and change economic behaviour.</p>