{"product_id":"the-moral-economists-9780691191492","title":"The Moral Economists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tim Rogan’s book, \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Economists: R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), ably reconstructs the first extensive crisis of liberalism.\"\u003cb\u003e---Pankaj Mishra, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Moral Economists\u003c\/i\u003e is part historiographical exegesis, part subtle polemic about the limitations of contemporary critiques of capitalism. . . . Rogan looks to history for help in understanding capitalism, its works and its empty promises.\"\u003cb\u003e---Katrina Navickas, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A timely, vivid and attractive book, vindicating on every page Rogan’s choice of three musketeers, handing on their flame to their noble heirs.\"\u003cb\u003e---Fred Inglis, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rogan’s captivating work of intellectual history demonstrates that utilitarianism shaped much of the Left, as well as the Right’s thinking on social questions.\"\u003cb\u003e---Patrick Diamond, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rogan’s reintroduction of Tawney, Polanyi, and Thompson to modern readers is a valuable endeavor.\"\u003cb\u003e---Joseph Coletti, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Markets \u0026amp; Morality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rogan brings the authors and their perspectives closer to the reader not only by presenting their opus and their thoughts but also by contextualizing them . . . thoroughly and deeply researched.\"\u003cb\u003e---Christian Leitner, \u003ci\u003eZeitschrift fuer Soziologie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tim Rogan’s book is a fine example of intellectual history and will appeal to historically inclined humanists and social scientists at large, as well as to political activists, career politicians, and interested readers of all stripes, who, for one reason or another, may wish to ruminate on twentieth-century British experiences in civilising capitalism.\"\u003cb\u003e---Giorgio Baruchello, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403873526103,"sku":"9780691191492","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691191492.jpg?v=1730484765","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-moral-economists-9780691191492","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}