Satisfaction for whom? Freedom for what? Theology and the economic theory of the consumer

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-60

  Nixon, Mark G ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Consumer; Economics; Individual; Milbank; Ownership; Religion; Social ethics; Theology; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845625304     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9078-5     Document Type: Review

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