Wilfried Ver Eecke is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, Washington, DC since 1967. He specializes in Hegel, philosophy of psychoanalysis and philosophy of economics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1966, did doctoral and post-doctoral work in Paris, Freiburg/i Br (Germany), Harvard and Bonn/Cologne (Germany). He studied economics at Georgetown University. He published, edited or translated seven books. He wrote more than one hundred articles. His publications have appeared in eleven languages.

• Introduction.- Adam Smith and the Free Market.- The Concepts of Private, Public and Merit Goods.- Business Ethics and Eleven Categories of Merit Goods.- The Ethical and Socio-political Dimensions of the Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Subsequent Recession.- Conclusion.

Wilfried Ver Eecke is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, Washington, DC since 1967. He specializes in Hegel, philosophy of psychoanalysis and philosophy of economics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1966, did doctoral and post-doctoral work in Paris, Freiburg/i Br (Germany), Harvard and Bonn/Cologne (Germany). He studied economics at Georgetown University. He published, edited or translated seven books. He wrote more than one hundred articles. His publications have appeared in eleven languages.

• Introduction.- Adam Smith and the Free Market.- The Concepts of Private, Public and Merit Goods.- Business Ethics and Eleven Categories of Merit Goods.- The Ethical and Socio-political Dimensions of the Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Subsequent Recession.- Conclusion.

Wilfried Ver Eecke is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, Washington, DC since 1967. He specializes in Hegel, philosophy of psychoanalysis and philosophy of economics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1966, did doctoral and post-doctoral work in Paris, Freiburg/i Br (Germany), Harvard and Bonn/Cologne (Germany). He studied economics at Georgetown University. He published, edited or translated seven books. He wrote more than one hundred articles. His publications have appeared in eleven languages.

• Introduction.- Adam Smith and the Free Market.- The Concepts of Private, Public and Merit Goods.- Business Ethics and Eleven Categories of Merit Goods.- The Ethical and Socio-political Dimensions of the Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Subsequent Recession.- Conclusion.