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Economic Rationality
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Author : Stephen G. Engelmann
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Economic Rationality written by Stephen G. Engelmann and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with Political Science categories.
Economics used to be called political economy, and the loss of the “political” tracks the ascendance of the idea of rational choice within the discipline. Where does this idea of economic rationality – choosing to maximize benefits and minimize costs – come from? What are the consequences of its rise? In this new book, Stephen Engelmann assesses these questions through a consideration of the often-hidden links between choice and government, ranging from the Benthamic utilitarianism that inspired modern economics to the contemporary economic psychologists trying to nudge everyone to choose more rationally. Multiple global crises are exposing how deficient economic rationality is as a political theory, since a focus on choice turns actors away from relations in the common. Political economy once targeted aristocratic rule – heralding a politics and ethics of egalitarian self-command and spurring democratic reform – but economics allows domination and forecloses alternatives to it. This accessible volume will be of interest to students and scholars of politics and economics, and to general readers concerned about the various ways that psychology and management have infiltrated our politics.
The Varieties Of Economic Rationality
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Author : Michel Zouboulakis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-21
The Varieties Of Economic Rationality written by Michel Zouboulakis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-21 with Business & Economics categories.
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 present, taking in thinkers from Mill to Friedman, and encompassing approaches from neoclassical to behavioural economics. The book charts this history in order to reveal important instances of conceptual transformation of the meaning of economic rationality. In doing so, it presents a uniquely detailed study of the historical change of the many faces of the homo oeconomicus .
Studies In Economic Rationality
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Author : Klaus Weiermair
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1990
Studies In Economic Rationality written by Klaus Weiermair and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Business & Economics categories.
Explores the X-efficiency paradigm in relation to the theory of the firm
Bounded Rationality And Economic Diplomacy
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Author : Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Bounded Rationality And Economic Diplomacy written by Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Political Science categories.
Modern investment treaties give private arbitrators power to determine whether governments should pay compensation to foreign investors for a wide range of sovereign acts. In recent years, particularly developing countries have incurred significant liabilities from investment treaty arbitration, which begs the question why they signed the treaties in the first place. Through a comprehensive and timely analysis, this book shows that governments in developing countries typically overestimated the economic benefits of investment treaties and practically ignored their risks. Rooted in insights on bounded rationality from behavioural psychology and economics, the analysis highlights how policy-makers often relied on inferential shortcuts when assessing the implications of the treaties, which resulted in systematic deviations from fully rational behaviour. This not only sheds new light on one of the most controversial legal regimes underwriting economic globalization but also provides a novel theoretical account of the often irrational, yet predictable, nature of economic diplomacy.
Rationality And Irrationality In Economics
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Author : Maurice Godelier
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2013-01-16
Rationality And Irrationality In Economics written by Maurice Godelier and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-16 with Social Science categories.
This book is the result of a research project begun by the author in 1958 with the aim of answering two questions: First, what is the rationality of the economic systems that appear and disappear throughout history—in other words, what is their hidden logic and the underlying necessity for them to exist, or to have existed? Second, what are the conditions for a rational understanding of these systems—in other words, for a fully developed comparative economic science? The field of investigation opened up by these two questions is vast, touching on the foundations of social reality and on how to understand them. The author, being a Marxist, sought the answers, as he writes, ‘not in philosophy or by philosophical means, but in and through examining the knowledge accumulated by the sciences.’ The stages of his journey from philosophy to economics and then to anthropology are indicated by the divisions of his book. Godelier rejects, at the outset, any attempt to tackle the question of rationality or irrationality of economic science and of economic realities from the angle of an a priori idea, a speculative definition of what is rational. Such an approach can yield only, he feels, an ideological result. Rather, he treats the appearance and disappearance of social and economic systems in history as being governed by a necessity ‘wholly internal to the concrete structures of social life.
Rationality In Economics
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Author : Vernon L. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-11-05
Rationality In Economics written by Vernon L. Smith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-05 with Business & Economics categories.
The principal findings of experimental economics are that impersonal exchange in markets converges in repeated interaction to the equilibrium states implied by economic theory, under information conditions far weaker than specified in the theory. In personal, social, and economic exchange, as studied in two-person games, cooperation exceeds the prediction of traditional game theory. This book relates these two findings to field studies and applications and integrates them with the main themes of the Scottish Enlightenment and with the thoughts of F. A. Hayek: through emergent socio-economic institutions and cultural norms, people achieve ends that are unintended and poorly understood. In cultural changes, the role of constructivism, or reason, is to provide variation, and the role of ecological processes is to select the norms and institutions that serve the fitness needs of societies.
Economics Rational Choice And Normative Philosophy
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Author : Thomas Boylan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-10-27
Economics Rational Choice And Normative Philosophy written by Thomas Boylan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-27 with Business & Economics categories.
Leading international experts in the field of normative social choice theory, complemented by experts in economic methodology and political science discuss the major developments arising from collaboration between experts in these cognate disciplines.
Behavioral Rationality And Heterogeneous Expectations In Complex Economic Systems
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Author : Cars Hommes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-24
Behavioral Rationality And Heterogeneous Expectations In Complex Economic Systems written by Cars Hommes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-24 with Business & Economics categories.
Recognising that the economy is a complex system with boundedly rational interacting agents, applies complexity modelling to economics and finance.
Economic Rationality And Practical Reason
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Author : Julian Nida-Rümelin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-06-29
Economic Rationality And Practical Reason written by Julian Nida-Rümelin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-29 with Business & Economics categories.
The theory of practical rationality does not belong to one academic discipline alone. There are quite divergent philosophical, economical, sociological, psychological and politological contributions. Sometimes the disciplinary boundaries impede theoretical progress. On the other hand it is an indication for the high complexity of the subject that so many divergent paradigms compete with one another, or - what is worse - live separately in a kind of splendid isolation. Decision theory in the broader sense, embracing the theory of games and collective choice theory, can help to understand practical reason in philosophical analysis. But there are interesting aspects which cannot be dealt with adequately within a decision-theoretic conceptual framework. To have both of these convictions justifies to neglect dis ciplinary boundaries and poses a problem for the orthodoxies of either sides. All the essays of this volume focus on the relation between economic rationality and practical reason and discuss different aspects of the same problem, i. e. a basic deficiency in the standard economic theory of practical rationality. But philosophical analysis would not be of much help if it just rejected the economic paradigm. It must rather help to integrate economic aspects into a broader view on practical reason.
Models Of Bounded Rationality
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Author : Univ Of Chicago
language : en
Publisher: Mit Press
Release Date : 1997-07
Models Of Bounded Rationality written by Univ Of Chicago and has been published by Mit Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07 with Business & Economics categories.
Offering alternative models based on such concepts as satisficing(acceptance of viable choices that may not be the undiscoverableoptimum) and bounded rationality (the limited extent to which rationalcalculation can direct human behavior), Simon shows concretely whymore empirical research based on experiments and direct observation, rather than just statistical analysis of economic aggregates, isneeded.