The dominant paradigm of the economy is based on homo economicus and its positivist, mechanistic, and utilitarian approach. This leads to a form of 'technical liberalism', advocating a market without society in which individuals are reduced to property rights and data subject to commercial transaction.

Javier Aranzadi is Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. He holds a PhD in both economics and philosophy. He has published numerous academic articles on economics, business ethics and philosophy. In Spanish, he has published several books. In English, he has published Liberalism against Liberalism (Routledge, 1999) and Human Action, Economics and Ethics (Springer, 2018).

1. Introduction. PART I: The anthropological structure of the economy 2. Socio-cultural sphere of the economy. 3. The market as a social institution. PART II: The ethical structure of the economy 4.The ethical structure of human action 5. The firm as a social organisation. PART III: The metaphysical structure of the economy 6. The causal appropriation of reality 7. Human historicity: living on the horizon of eternity. 8. Looking ahead: final check of the philosophical map. Index