{"product_id":"9781461352976","title":"Expanding the Economic Concept of Exchange","description":"Exchange is a pervasive concept in everyday life, affecting  phenomena as diverse as interpersonal relationships and market  transactions. In addition, economists have used the concept in a  highly specific and clearly delineated way. Against this background,  Expanding the Economic Concept of Exchange sets out to expand the  concept of exchange by crossing the boundaries laid down by economists  and by examining the function played by deceptions, self-deceptions  and illusions. The main motivation for expanding the concept of  exchange was the realization that in the prototypical economic model  deception is not taken into account. Hence, economists traditionally  regard deception as some sort of irrationality, as a flaw in an  otherwise perfectly rational process. Authors represented in this  volume take a different approach examining deception as a constituent  quality of exchange. This is shown by the contributions drawing on  recent developments in economic theory, by those with an  anthropological orientation, as well as by a contribution referring  specifically to Adam Smith. An interrogation into deception is long  overdue in economics. This volume prepares the ground for and makes  the first contributions to explicitly acknowledging deceptions,  self-deceptions and illusions as fundamental dimensions allowing us as  economists to further research and develop the concept of change. A  particular and perhaps unexpected focus of this volume lies on  anthropology, because economics can clearly benefit from integrating  selected results on deception from outside its expanding domain. It is  primarily targeted at economists interested in institutional aspects  of exchanges and social theory. In addition, the topic will find  interested readers from anthropology, cultural studies, science  studies, philosophy.","brand":"Caroline Gerschlager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46763970134334,"sku":"9781461352976","price":4650.32,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781461352976_118405ed-5d3e-4fcd-b2fd-473bfdc9996a.jpg?v=1707471915","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781461352976","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}