The book aims to show that the deterministic vision embodied in conventional economic modelling is neither consistent with nor supported by the state of the art in mathematics, logic, and physical science. DeCanio recognizes that economic agents are intrinsically free and somewhat unpredictable, which is essential for economic and social theory.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: S. DeCanio
EAN: 9781137371928
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 4385 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-11-21
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GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Behavioural economics, Environmental economics, Economic history
Stephen J. DeCanio is Professor of Economics, Emeritus (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA). From 1986 to 1987 he served as a senior staff economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He participated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He has been a recipient of the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, as well as a 'Best of the Best' Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
