Poder, economía y valores
2016
Poder, economía y valores
Biographies
Comas, Carles
Carles Comas Giralt holds a degree in Philosophy and Theology and received his doctorate in Economic Sciences at the University of Barcelona. A teacher at ESADE since 1959, he has taught subjects such as Economics and History of Socioeconomic Thought. He taught Economics and Development at the Central American University of Managua for ten years, and was awarded an honorary doctorate at the same institution. He was also a director and researcherat the Interdisciplinary Scientific Institute of Barcelona between 1973 and 1983. He is the author of several essays, articles and books.
This book is based on the notes given to business students over several decades. It draws a comparison between human power and its institutions, seeking to show the company’s role in the troubled history of our development as a species.
The book begins with the vicissitudes of political power in antiquity, followed by the highs and lows of economic power from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, with a detailed discussion of the merits and abuses that both gave rise to. Lastly, the author analyses the emergence and development of the individualism that is inherent to economic liberalism, in addition to the modern day rise of the community spirit. Carles Comas argues that because political and economic powers emerged to fulfill irreplaceable social functions of order and development, they would be very hard to remove. Instead, he advocates the progressive solutions of placing institutional limitations on them, underpinned by values of solidarity.
ISBN: 978-84-936162-8-1
carles-comas – 2016
Spanish
Paperback, 26 x 20 cm / 10.14″ x 7.8″
649 pp