The Varieties of Economic Rationality: From Adam Smith to Contemporary Behavioural and Evolutionary Economics
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1. Verfasser: Zouboulakis, Michel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2014
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in the history of economics
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Beschreibung:Coverpage; Halftitle Page; Series Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Adam Smith and the idea of morally constrained rationality; 2 John Stuart Mill and the concept of socially embedded rationality; 3 William Stanley Jevons and the concept of rationality as maximization; 4 Vilfredo Pareto and the concept of instrumental rationality; 5 Lionel Robbins and consistency of choices under scarcity; 6 Neoclassical rationality under fire; 7 Three conventionalist responses
8 Popper's retreat and the ""principle of rationality""9 Probabilistic choice and strategic rationality; 10 Herbert Simon and the concept of bounded rationality; 11 Rationality in behavioural economics; 12 The rationality of embedded individuals; Conclusion: What is rational after all?; References; Index
The concept of economic rationality is important for the historical evolution of Economics as a scientific discipline. The common idea about this concept -even between economists- is that it has a unique meaning which is universally accepted. This new volume argues that ""economic rationality"" is not not a universal concept with one single meaning, and that it in fact has different, if not conflicting, interpretations in the evolution of discourse on economics. In order to achieve this, the book traces the historical evolution of the concept of economic rationality from Adam Smith to the page
Beschreibung:331 pages
ISBN:9781317817482
1317817486

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