Pragmatismus und wirtschaftliches Handeln

Jens Beckert

What alternatives to rational choice theory do exist to explain economic phenomena? I argue that American pragmatism presents a viable alternative for the explanation of key economic incidences. First I illustrate the foundations of pragmatism using three problems regularly encountered in action theory. Then I show how innovation, institutional change, price formation and actors' preferences can be analyzed based on pragmatist premises. I conclude by reflecting on why pragmatism has found so little recognition in economics.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Beckert, Jens
Publisher:	Köln : Max-Planck-Inst. für Gesellschaftsforschung
Subject:	Pragmatismus \| Wirtschaftliches Verhalten

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 21 S., 601,18 KB)
Series:	MPIFG working paper. - Köln : MPIFG, ISSN 1864-4333, ZDB-ID 2322793-X. - Vol. 09,4
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	German
Notes:	Zsfassung in engl. Sprache Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/41685 [Handle]
Classification:	Politologie: Sonstiges
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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