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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 232 pp., ix. NAP. Following the Preface and Introduction, Contents divided into 10 Essays in three Parts (with Comments at the end of each Part): PART 1 [1] Kenneth J. Arrow, "Gifts and Exchanges"; [2] Roland N. McKean, "Economics of Trust, Altruism, and Corporate Responsibility"; [3] William J. Baumol, "Busines Responsibility and Economic Behavior"; Guido Calabresi, "Comment"; Thomas Nagel, "Comment"; PART 2 [4] James M. Buchanan, "The Samaritan's Dilemma"; [5] Edmund S. Phelps, "The Indeterminacy of Game-Equilibrium Growth in the Absence of an Ethic"; [6] Wilfried M.A. Pauwels, "A Mathematical Note"; [7] Peter Hammond, "Charity: Altruism or Cooperative Egoism"; Edward F. McClennen, "Comment"; Karl Shell, "Comment"; PART 3 [8] William Vickrey, "Private Philanthropy and Public Finance"; [9] Burton A. Weisbrod, "Toward a Theory of the Voluntary Non-Profit Sector in a Three-Sector Economy"; [10] Bruce R. Bolnick, "Toward a Behavioral Theory of Philanthropic Activity"; Amartya Sen, "Comment"; Index, pp. 229-232. Black cloth with brilliant silver lettering on spine; tan endpapers. Light green dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Title lettering in large black letters on top half front cover; Editor name lettering in black a cross bottom front cover. Small triangular piece (7/8" x 5/8") missing from lower left front cover corner and one (5/8" x 1/2") top right rear cover corner; trapezoidal bit missing from top left front cover (5/16" x 1/2"); thin piece missing across 3/4 foot of spine; small wear and tears at top spine corners; odd intermittent perforation down much of rear cover gutter, which nearly failed to reach book gutter itself (nugatory "shadow" piercing), long ago covered with thick, clear tape: all imperfections now backed by Archival tape: dw now in Brodart mylar which forgives sins kindly. Book itself has strong binding (NO cracks); corners sharp (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks; Previous owner name inked out with black marker, else Clean text: Solid, well-protected copy, essentially Fine (dustwrapper did its job), with usage showing to dustwrapper. Fine innovative collection at the time, still timely: Classic work, edited by distinguished Scholar.