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Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall StreetTomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the "Young Guns" and one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil. In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek
Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the "Young Guns" and one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil. In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek radically rethinks his field, challenging our assumptions about the world. Economics is touted as a science, a value-free mathematical inquiry, he writes, but it's actually a cultural phenomenon, a product of our civilization. It began within philosophy--Adam Smith himself not only wrote The Wealth of Nations, but also The Theory of Moral Sentiments--and economics, as Sedlacek shows, is woven out of history, myth, religion, and ethics. "Even the most sophisticated mathematical model," Sedlacek writes, "is, de facto, a story, a parable, our effort to (rationally) grasp the world around us." Economics not only describes the world, but establishes normative standards, identifying ideal conditions. Science, he claims, is a system of beliefs to which we are committed. To grasp the beliefs underlying economics, he breaks out of the field's confines with a tour de force exploration of economic thinking, broadly defined, over the millennia. He ranges from the epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament to the emergence of Christianity, from Descartes and Adam Smith to the consumerism in Fight Club. Throughout, he asks searching meta-economic questions: What is the meaning and the point of economics? Can we do ethically all that we can do technically? Does it pay to be good? Placing the wisdom of philosophers and poets over strict mathematical models of human behavior, Sedlacek's groundbreaking work promises to change the way we calculate economic value.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/03/2013
ISBN: 9780199322183
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.16w x 0.68d
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Simple, Basic and NOT expensive
Color: Black, Style: coffeemaker
Not Fancy, Not Complicated, Not Expensive. What else do you need in the morning. Replaced the same model with a new one as my old one broke after more than 15 years of faithful service. Takes 11 minutes to brew 8 cups of coffee, which BTW is really only 3.5 cups of coffee in a real mug. Yes, you can set it to start automatically in the morning. Thank goodness for Amazon same day delivery or there would have been chaos the next morning.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Good, working coffee maker!
Color: Black, Style: coffeemaker
A week with this guy and it has been great! Coffee is brewed quickly! Easy to clean and no mess pour! Size is perfect and exactly what we needed. Black of course is always the best color!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Good value. Decent coffee maker.
Color: Black, Style: coffeemaker
This is a decent pretty basic coffee maker. Nothing fancy but it’s programmable and has sneak a cup. That’s all I really care about. I was concerned after reading some reviews about the coffee tasting plastic and leaking. I’m glad that I have not experienced these issues. I bought this because all of the $70-$100 coffee makers I’ve bought die after a year or two anyway. So far so good.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2026
★★★★★ 4
It’s fine, very basic- light during brewing doesn’t work, but it still brews a good cup!
Color: Black, Style: coffeemaker
Sadly I accidentally dropped my coffee pot into my sink trying to wash it and it shattered the entire bottom, so I just bought a similar one, same brand.
It works fine, but it doesn’t work as the instructions say. Supposedly when you push the clock button to brew it will give you a green light on the left upper side, and when it’s done brewing it will have a red logo on the bottom right side. I cannot get it to give me the green light for brewing, but if I just hold the clock button down, I’ll hear it stat to gurgle and then it brews. So that part is definitely (at least on mine) not functioning properly, but I don’t care enough to return it and be without coffee another morning, and B&D is always a decent brand.
I have a $2800k fancy espresso/latte/cappuccino maker that grinds fresh beans and I use the plain old coffee pot way more because I drink too much coffee to make cup after cup, I want the whole carafe. Besides that one faulty light, it works like any other $35 coffee pot, no frills, and it gets the job done.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Simple, Powerful, and So Much Easier Than Traditional Vacuum Sealers
Color: White
I’ve used traditional vacuum sealers before, and this handheld one is honestly so much easier to work with. The design is simple and compact, and it takes up almost no space in the kitchen compared to the larger machines.
One thing I really appreciate is how easy it is to operate. The one-button design makes sealing quick, and the suction is surprisingly strong for such a small device. It removes the air from the bags quickly and seals everything tightly.
The bags themselves are also really well made. The material feels thick and durable, so I don’t have to worry about them puncturing easily, even when storing things with sharper edges. Being reusable is a big plus too.
Overall this has been a really convenient way to keep food fresh longer without dealing with a bulky machine. If you want something simple, effective, and easy to use for everyday food storage, this is a great option.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2026