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Predictably Rational? : In Search of Defenses for Rational Behavior in Economics
McKenzie, Richard B. - 2010
Economists’ “Irrational Passion for Dispassionate Rationality” -- The Methodological Constraints on the Rationality … Premise -- Human Motivation and Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hands” -- Rationality in Economic Thought: From Thomas Robert Malthus … to Alfred Marshall and Philip Wicksteed -- Rationality in Economic Thought: Frank Knight, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521297
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Suspicions of Markets : Critical Attacks from Aristotle to the Twenty-First Century
Rutherford, Donald - 2016
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The case for markets -- Chapter 3: The start of the criticism: Aristotle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397122
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Rediscovering Social Economics : Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm
Johnson, Roger D. - 2017
This book argues that economists need to reengage with societal issues, such as justice and fairness in distribution, that inevitably arise when discussing the basic economic problem of unlimited human wants and finite resources. Approaching the problem through a history of economic thought,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397485
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"Der Markt" existiert nicht : Aufklärung gegen die Marktvergötterung
Seele, Peter - 2017
Einleitung: Der ‚böse‘ Markt und der ‚gute‘ Markt -- Das Vorhaben: Dekonstruktion und Rekonstruktion des Marktes -- Der Markt, durch die Brille der Logik betrachtet -- Das Ziel: Aufklärung über die Verwendung des Marktbegriffs.-Der Marktbegriff im Auge des Betrachters: Die Logikbrille...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014020493
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Economics and Its Enemies : Two Centuries of Anti-Economics
Coleman, William - 2002
Anti-economics is described as the opposition to the main stream of economic thought that has existed from the Eighteenth-century to the present day. This book tells the story of anti-economics in relations to Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Walras, Keynes and Hicks as well as current economic thinkers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054355
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A Critical History of Economics
Mills, John - 2002
John Mills provides a critical survey of the way economics has developed. He argues that the main goal of economics ought to be to show how to achieve a combination of economic growth, full employment, low inflation, avoidance of extreme poverty and sustainability. That it has failed to do so is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054358
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A Starter on Support-Bargaining and Money-Bargaining in Twenty-Eight Digestible Bites
Spread, Patrick - 2018
This book provides an introduction to the theory of support-bargaining and money-bargaining. Support-bargaining arises from the propensity of all individuals to seek the support of those around them and is the underlying mechanism of democratic societies. It is also the underlying mechanism of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397023
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The Economics of Addictive Behaviours Volume I : The Private and Social Costs of Smoking and Their Remedies
Joshua, John - 2017
This title discusses the phenomenon of smoking as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details the consequences of smoking, in addition to the detrimental effects caused by second-hand tobacco smoke exposure as a health risk to children as well as to the general public. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397413
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Investor Decision-Making and the Role of the Financial Advisor : A Behavioural Finance Approach
Cruciani, Caterina - 2017
This book looks at financial advisory from a behavioural perspective, and focuses on how the nature of the relationship between advisors and clients may affect the ability of the advisor to perform its functions. Broken into three key parts, the book looks at the client, the advisor, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397744
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Rationality and Operators : The Formal Structure of Preferences
Cato, Susumu - 2016
This unique book develops an operational approach to preference and rationality as the author employs operators over … binary relations to capture the concept of rationality. A preference is a basis of individual behavior and social judgment … demanding; and then, weaker rationality conditions are introduced by researchers. This book argues that the preference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398108