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histor y of economics
Economizing Mind, 1870–2015 When Economics and Psychology Met . . . or Didn’t marina bianchi & neil de marchi , editors A supplement to HISTORY OF POLITIC AL ECONOMY
Tikkun
michael lerner , editor Tikkun brings together religious, secular, and humanist voices to offer unconventional critiques of politics, spirituality, social theory, and culture.
Economists and psychologists share an interest in explaining
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how people make the choices that they do. However, economists
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have tended to stress individual rationality, shaped by economic
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motives and expressed in formal logical or mathematical models, while psychologists have preferred to identify influences through experimentation. In recent decades, behavioral economics has
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bridged the two fields and challenged the traditional economic assumption that individuals choose rationally. The essays collected here provide a longer view and reflect on episodic contact between psychology and economics beginning in the late nineteenth century. They help explain why meaningful, sustained joint inquiry eluded both disciplines for so long and usefully complement the recent inclination of researchers in each field to find inadequacy in the other. Contributors
World Policy Journal
christopher shay, editor
Marina Bianchi, Simon J. Cook, Neil De Marchi, José Edwards, Tiziana Foresti, Craufurd D. Goodwin, Judy L. Klein, Harro Maas, Ivan Moscati, John Staddon, Andrej Svorenc˘ ík
Marina Bianchi is Professor of Economics at the University of Cassino and the author of The Active Consumer. Neil De Marchi is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke University and coeditor of Moving Pictures: Intra‑European Trade in Images, 16th–18th Centuries.
World Policy Journal injects new ideas into international debates on the world’s most pressing issues. Essays showcase thought from around the world on topics such as global security, regional conflict, political controversy, and social and cultural change. Quarterly
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HISTORY OF ECONOMICS
November 300 pages Vol. 48 cloth, 978–0–8223–6389–7, $59.95/£46.00
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