Rationality in Economics

Heap, Shaun Hargreaves

ISBN 10: 0631156666 / ISBN 13: 9780631156666

Editore: Blackwell Publishers, 1989

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Condition : Tired/worn. Ex-university library copy with associated library stamps etc. Hard cover, no jacket.238pp. No highlighting or annotations to main text. Highlighting to contents page. COVER VERY WORN AND CHIPPED. TEAR TO SPINE. (Contents secure). A usable study copy. Codice articolo 942719

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Titolo: Rationality in Economics

Casa editrice: Blackwell Publishers

Data di pubblicazione: 1989

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Poor

Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket

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Rationality is a central concept in economic thought and one of the most basic assumptions for its explanatory and prescriptive power. Shaun Hargreaves-Heap's book contends that the model of rationality assumed by economics is seriously flawed and that the social world of economic agents cannot considered independent of our beliefs, hypothesis and conjectures about that world. In its place the author argues that the idea of rationality must acknowledge uncertainty and the existential concerns of individuals. Throughout the argument the author draws widely on the literature of economics, making the book a survey of the major philosophical disputes in the subject. "Rationality in Econimics" will be welcomed throughout the social sciences for the breadth of its analysis.