Can I read Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States (Legacy Editions) on EtoBox?

Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States (Legacy Editions) by Viviana A Rotman Zelizer; Kieran Joseph Healy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States (Legacy Editions) about?

Le site internet de l'éditeur indique : "Life insurance--the promise of an insurer to pay a sum upon a person's death in exchange for a regular premium--is a bizarre enterprise. How can we monetize human life? Should we? What statistics do we use, what assumptions do we make, and what behavioral factors do we consider? First published in 1979, Morals and Markets Is a pathbreaking study exploring the development of life insurance in the United States. Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer combines economic history and a sociological perspective to advance a novel interpretation of the life insurance industry. The book pioneered a cultural approach to the analysis of morally controversial markets. Zelizer begins in the mid-nineteenth century with the rise of the life insurance industry, a contentious chapter in the history of American business. Life insurance was stigmatized at first, denounced in newspapers and condemned by religious leaders as an immoral and sacrilegious gamble on human life. Over time, the business became a widely praised arrangement to secure a family's future. How did life insurance overcome cultural barriers? As Zelizer shows, the evolution of the industry in the United S

Who reads Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States (Legacy Editions)?

Author

Viviana A Rotman Zelizer; Kieran Joseph Healy

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231183345

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, History, Business