This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists’ ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active...

Einleitung und Zielsetzung -- Zentrale Erkenntnisse der Verhaltensökonomik -- Staatsfinanzierung und Verhaltensökonomik -- Staatsausgaben und Verhaltensökonomik: Psychologie der öffentlichen Ausgabentätigkeit -- Markteingriffe und Verhaltensökonomik: Psychologie der Rechtfertigung und...

In this ambitious book, the authors challenge mainstream economic theory by reconsidering the principle of individualism as its foundation. They refer to that version which fails to recognize the existence of the interests of society as such, and thus excludes the role of the state as an...