Abstract
In this critical article three findings are shown: first: although love is a moral value, an expression of empathy and altruism, its performance and supply are bounded because the problem of scarcity (material and institutional limitations); second: love is a form of power (integrative power), which is frequently combined with others powers (of exchange and coercion); third: in the extremes of pure public goods and of privatization (monopolies, positional goods, and clubs) the love dries up.
Translated title of the contribution | The political economy of love |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 43-66 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Cuadernos de Economia (Colombia) |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 59 |
State | Published - 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)