In much of the world's economy, production, exchange and consumption are regulated by the Market, which is widely believed to be based on economic rationality and driven by a desire to consume. But there are different views of how the Market operates, or ought to operate. This collection of essays discusses a series of alternative perspectives - manifested in ethical movements, alternative consumer behaviour, and social corporate responsibility initiatives - that seek to reveal the 'hidden hands' of power, inequality and morality that shape Market exchange.Against the impersonality of the Market, we find initiatives, such as local food movements, that seek to re-embed commodity exchange in social relationships.

在世界许多经济体中，生产、交换和消费由市场调节，市场被广泛认为是基于经济理性和消费欲望。但对于市场如何运作或应该如何运作，存在着不同的观点。这本论文集讨论了一系列另类观点——表现在道德运动、另类消费者行为和社会企业责任倡议中——试图揭示影响市场交易的权力、不平等和道德的“隐藏之手”。针对市场的非个人性，我们发现一些倡议，如当地食品运动，试图将商品交换重新嵌入社会关系。