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Limits of economic and social knowledge /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	330.01/5118
書名/作者:	Limits of economic and social knowledge // Stephen J. DeCanio.
作者:	DeCanio, Stephen J.,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource.
標題:	Economics - Mathematical models.
標題:	Economics - Philosophy.
標題:	Behavioural economics
標題:	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
標題:	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference
標題:	Economic history
標題:	Economics
標題:	Environmental economics
ISBN:	1137371935 (electronic bk.)
ISBN:	9781137371935 (electronic bk.)
內容註:	Introduction and Overview -- Consequences of computational limits -- Simulating Simple Societies -- Economics and Natural Science -- Economics, Behaviorism, and Utilitarianism -- A Case Study and Cautionary Tale: Climate Policy -- Politics and Governance -- The Gift of Freedom.
摘要、提要註:	It might seem that contemporary economic theory offers a scientific account of choice among alternatives. Yet this is only superficially the case; the behavior of the agents in most economic models is completely specified by preference functions, technological possibilities, and market interactions. 'Choice' is a misnomer for solution of one or another kind of optimization problem in such models. The open-endedness that characterizes genuinely free choices made by real human beings is absent. The book aims to show that (1) the deterministic vision embodied in conventional economic modeling is neither consistent with nor supported by the state of the art in mathematics, logic, and physical science; (2) use of models that rule out unpredictability and freedom of action has had negative consequences for policy design and implementation; and (3) restoring meaningful freedom to the agents is an essential first step toward making social theorizing more realistic and insightful.
電子資源:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137371935

Limits of economic and social knowledge /
DeCanio, Stephen J.,

Limits of economic and social knowledge /Stephen J. DeCanio. - 1 online resource.

Introduction and Overview -- Consequences of computational limits -- Simulating Simple Societies -- Economics and Natural Science -- Economics, Behaviorism, and Utilitarianism -- A Case Study and Cautionary Tale: Climate Policy -- Politics and Governance -- The Gift of Freedom.

It might seem that contemporary economic theory offers a scientific account of choice among alternatives. Yet this is only superficially the case; the behavior of the agents in most economic models is completely specified by preference functions, technological possibilities, and market interactions. 'Choice' is a misnomer for solution of one or another kind of optimization problem in such models. The open-endedness that characterizes genuinely free choices made by real human beings is absent. The book aims to show that (1) the deterministic vision embodied in conventional economic modeling is neither consistent with nor supported by the state of the art in mathematics, logic, and physical science; (2) use of models that rule out unpredictability and freedom of action has had negative consequences for policy design and implementation; and (3) restoring meaningful freedom to the agents is an essential first step toward making social theorizing more realistic and insightful.

ISBN: 1137371935 (electronic bk.)

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LC Class. No.: HB135

Dewey Class. No.: 330.01/5118

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