Download or read book The Challenge of Humanistic Economics written by Mark A. Lutz and published by Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company. This book was released on 1979 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook on humanistic economics, stressing satisfaction of basic needs and value systems, and the importance of welfare and quality of working life - reviews other economic doctrines, examines postwar developments in USA, Europe and developing countries, points at competition as a source of alienation, discusses welfare state priorities for the elimination of poverty, and suggests the extension of cooperatives, workers self management, codetermination, etc. Annotated bibliography pp. 327 to 330, diagrams, references and statistical tables.