Bill J Gerrard
The concept of rationality is the heart of modern economics. Neo-classical theory seems unable to proceed without assuming a rational agent seeking to find the optimal means to a well defined end. Yet many find this uncritical treatment of rationality problematic. It takes little account of culture history or creativity and consequently many economists find this insistence on rationality of little use when trying to explain a wide range of economic phenomena. Increasingly these include a large number of game theorists and others involved in mainstream theory as well as those typically opposed to neo-classicism.
The Economics of Rationality contains a number of critical perspectives on the treatment of rationality in economics.
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High-powered list of contributors including Shaun Hargreaves Heap, author of Economics and Rationality (Blackwells 1990); John D, Hey, the editor -in-chief of the Economics Journal; Geoff Hodgson, editor of A Handbook of Institutional Economics (Edward Elgar, forthcoming); Avner Offer, author of An Agrarian Interpretation of the First World War (OUP, 1990)
Rationality is a core concept in economics - this book presents a wide range of perspectives on it
John Hay, University of York; Graham Loomes, University of York; Paul Anand, Oxford University; Geoff Hodgson, Newcastle Polytechnic; Bill Gerrard, University of York; Shaun Hargreaves-Heap, University of East Anglia; Anna Carabelli, Universita di Pavia; Ted Winslow, York University, Ontario; David Mayston; Avner Offer, University of York
Containing a number of critical perspectives on the treatment of rationality in economics, this offers insights from diverse areas of economics which casts doubt on the feasibility of a single notion of rationality within this field of study
Über den Autor
Bill J Gerrard
Inhaltsverzeichnis
John Hay, University of York; Graham Loomes, University of York; Paul Anand, Oxford University; Geoff Hodgson, Newcastle Polytechnic; Bill Gerrard, University of York; Shaun Hargreaves-Heap, University of East Anglia; Anna Carabelli, Universita di Pavia; Ted Winslow, York University, Ontario; David Mayston; Avner Offer, University of York
Klappentext
Containing a number of critical perspectives on the treatment of rationality in economics, this offers insights from diverse areas of economics which casts doubt on the feasibility of a single notion of rationality within this field of study
