Social Economics : Premises, Findings, and Policies, Hardcover by O'Boyle, Edward J. (EDT), ISBN 0415137217, ISBN-13 9780415137218, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US William Waters, to whom these 13 chapters are dedicated, identifies two components of social economics as a careful description of the economy and economic policy. The third component is the philosophical premises which shape and form how economists think about economic affairs. The chapters are organized around five themes: the origins of values and premises; producing efficiently, turning a profit, and investing it; justice, solidarity, and community; repairing the dysfunction of capitalist economies; and the transition from command economies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.