For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future

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Economics as an Academic Discipline The Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness in Economics and Other Disciplines 25 Misplaced Concreteness: The Market 44 Misplaced Concreteness: Measuring Economic Success 62 Misplaced Concreteness: Homo economicus 85 Misplaced Concreteness: Land 97 New Beginnings From Academic Discipline to Thought in Service of Community 121 From Chrematistics to Oikonomia 138 From Individualism to Person-in-Community 159 From Cosmopolitanism to Communities of Communities 176 From Matter and Rent to Energy and Biosphere 190 Policies for Community in the United States Free Trade versus Community 209 Population 236 Land Use 252 Agriculture 268 Industry 283 Labor 298 Income Policies and Taxes 315 From World Domination to National Security 332 : Getting There Possible Steps 361 The Religious Vision 382