A genealogy of self-interest in economics / Susumu Egashira, Masanori Taishido, D. Wade Hands, Uskali Mäki, editors.
Egashira, Susumu, editor.; Taishido, Masanori, editor.; Hands, D. Wade, editor.; Mäki, Uskali, editor.
2021
HB74.P8
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Title A genealogy of self-interest in economics / Susumu Egashira, Masanori Taishido, D. Wade Hands, Uskali Mäki, editors.
ISBN 9789811593956 (electronic bk.)
9811593957 (electronic bk.)
9789811593949
9811593949
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9395-6
Published Singapore : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-15-9395-6 doi
Call Number HB74.P8
Dewey Decimal Classification 330.01
Summary This is the first book to describe the entire developmental history of the human aspects of economics. The issue of "self-interest" is discussed throughout, from pre-Adam Smith to contemporary neuroeconomics, representing a unique contribution to economics. Though the notion of self-interest has been interpreted in several ways by various schools of economics and economists since Smith first placed it at the heart of the field, this is the first book to focus on this important but overlooked topic. Traditionally, economic theory has presupposed that the core of human behavior is self-interest. Nevertheless, some economists, e.g. recent behavioral economists, have cast doubt on this "self-interested" explanation. Further, though many economists have agreed on the central role of self-interest in economic behavior, each economists positioning of self-interest in economic theory differs to some degree. This book helps to elucidate the position of self-interest in economic theory. Given its focus, it is a must-read companion, not only on the history of economic thought but also on economic theory. Furthermore, as todays capitalism is increasingly causing people to wonder just where self-interest lies, it also appeals to general readers
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Added Author Egashira, Susumu, editor.
Taishido, Masanori, editor.
Hands, D. Wade, editor.
Mäki, Uskali, editor.
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Introductuion
1. Adam Smith on self-interest
2. Jeremy Bentham on self-interest
3. John Stuart Mill on self-interest and the assumption of economic theories
4. Leon Walras' idea of human nature and theory of property: free exchange, communism, and association
5. Self-interest in Marshall's economic thinking
6. Otto Neurath's theory of felicitology and socialization: the meaning of physicalism in social sciences
7. On the innate selfishness of evaluation in Mises
8. Frank Knight on self-interest
9. Karl Polanyi's motive of economy and institution
10. Schrödinger's concept of economy and institution
11. Hayek on interest- the finding of rules on Great Society
12. Altruism: how economists have dealt with unselfish actions
13. Can agent based modeling realize Adam Smith's perspective?
14. Are social preferences just "enlightened" self-interests after all?-Three non-reductivist responses from behavioral economics in practice
15. Homo economic us under multiple pressures: Economics, other disciplines, and social reality.

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