Amitai Etzioni Twenty years of 'The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics'

Abstract

This year, 2008, is the twentieth anniversary of the first appearance of Amitai Etzioni's The Moral Dimension: Towards a New Economics (New York: The Free Press, 1988). The book was a major foundational text behind the inauguration of SASE, the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, from which Socio-Economic Review originated. The editors have asked four scholars working on the relationship between economy and society to assess the book's continuing importance. The Review Symposium concludes with a response from Amitai Etzioni.