TABLE OF CONTENTS: Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
PART I: Tunnel Vision 11
Chapter 1
Who's In Charge? 13
Prologue to Part II 27
PART II: From Murderous Apes to Honorary Friends: How Is Human Cooperation Possible? 29
Chapter 2
Man and the Risks of Nature 31
Chapter 3
Murder, Reciprocity, and Trust 48
Chapter 4
Money and Human Relationships 67
Chapter 5
Honor among Thieves: Hoarding and Stealing 78
Chapter 6
Professionalism and Fulfilment in Work and War 87
Epilogue to Parts I and II 99
Prologue to Part III 103
PART III: Unintended Consequences: From Family Bands to Industrial Cities 107
Chapter 7
The City, from Ancient Athens to Modern Manhattan 109
Chapter 8
Water: Commodity or Social Institution? 123
Chapter 9
Prices for Everything? 137
Chapter 10
Families and Firms 153
Chapter 11
Knowledge and Symbolism 174
Chapter 12
Exclusion: Unemployment, Poverty, and Illness 190
Epilogue to Part III 209
Prologue to Part IV 211
Part IV: Collective Action: From Belligerent States to a Marketplace of Nations 215
Chapter 13
States and Empires 217
Chapter 14
Globalization and Political Action 233
Conclusion: How Fragile Is the Great Experiment? 245
Notes 259
Bibliography 279
Index 295
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