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The Theory of the Individual in Economics
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Identity and Value
The Theory of the Individual in Economics
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The Theory of the Individual in Economics book
Identity and Value
ByJohn B Davis
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2003
eBook Published 19 March 2003
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
Pages 224
eBook ISBN 9780429232312
Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry
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Davis, J.B. (2003). The Theory of the Individual in Economics: Identity and Value (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203457689
ABSTRACT
The concept of the individual and his/her motivations is a bedrock of philosophy. All strands of thought at heart come down to a particular theory of the individual. Economics, though, is guilty of taking this hugely important concept without questioning how we theorise it. This superb book remedies this oversight.The new approach put forward by Da
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|20 pages
Framing the issues
part |2 pages
PART I Orthodox economics
chapter 2|22 pages
The atomistic individual
chapter 3|18 pages
Reidentification: preferences and human capital
chapter 4|18 pages
Individuation: multiple selves
chapter 5|24 pages
After the fall: the machinery of choice
part |2 pages
PART II Heterodox economics