Pluralistic Economics

Ulf Johanson, Emeritus Professor, Formerly Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and Emmanuel Aboagye, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

• ContentsPART I THE PRACTICAL MECHANICS1 An economy of social sustainability 2 What are the economic consequences of the workenvironment? 3 Calculation methods 4 Financial calculations and organizational control 5 Occupational safety and health governance—What it is,and why it matters PART II THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND EXISTENTIAL BRIDGE6 Economics, ethical principles, and the concept of value 7 Societal ideology, norms, and the human character 8 The existential economy: Ownership, being, anddemocratic application PART III APPLICATION AND VISION9 Economic democracy 10 Forging a humanistic and social future through apluralistic economy

‘A stimulating and timely book on workplace health and social sustainability. Grounded in empirical evidence on occupational safety and governance, it develops into a wide-ranging examination of value, ethics, and ideas of the human in economic thought– a rare combination of philosophical depth and rigor on what an economy owes to the people who work within it.’