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Time on the Ledger: Social Accounting for the Good Society

In: Toward a Good Society in the Twenty-First Century

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The characteristics of a good society are typically itemized by abstract nouns such as “justice,” “compassion,” “liberty,” “prosperity,” or “security.” Those nominalizations imply a concrete sequence of actions, a narrative. Take, for example, the narrative in Matthew 25, 35–36 from the New Testament: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

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  • Tom Walker, 2013. "Time on the Ledger: Social Accounting for the Good Society," Perspectives from Social Economics, in: Nikolaos Karagiannis & John Marangos (ed.), Toward a Good Society in the Twenty-First Century, chapter 0, pages 227-247, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pfschp:978-1-137-31362-1_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137313621_11
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