Paul Seabright
British economist at the Toulouse School of Economics; author of The Company of Strangers, The War of the Sexes and The Divine Economy.
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Their wordsI then draw on recent platform-economics models to reinterpret religious movements as platforms: organizations that facilitate and govern relationships—most notably communities—and appropriate a share of the value generated by these interactions.
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Their wordsAdam Smith’s waspish observations in Book 5 of The Wealth of Nations about the idleness of Anglican clergymen are stunningly corroborated by Jane Austen.
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Their wordsE is the novel that comes out best from the close comparison with the others.
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Their wordsP is badly plotted, with characters even more stereotyped than usual.
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Their wordsJane Austen’s view of the desirable qualities in a man is dominated by the importance of emotional faithfulness. Almost nothing else matters. Even kindness comes nowhere in comparison.
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Their wordsJane Austen is usually celebrated for mocking her most snobbish characters, but she is a serious snob herself.
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Their wordsA summary of Jane Austen’s view of life might be that she is a courageously tragic Marxist feminist. Feminist because her female characters are more interesting than her male ones. Marxist because economic circumstances determine everything else: nobody can enjoy a worthwhile life without prosperity.
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