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1 online resource (207 pages) |
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Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy.
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Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; List of tables; List of contributors; PART I: The crisis in philosophical and historical perspective; 1. Philosophy and the crisis of economic science; References; 2. On the shadow and the substance: Adam Smith, John Dewey, and the Great Recession; Smith's principles explained; Smith's principles applied; Conclusion; References; 3. John Dewey: A philosophy for times of crisis; The nature of the crisis; Understanding the crisis: an historical point of view; Husserl and Dewey: a viable comparison? |
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Beyond the crisis: intelligence and democracyA Deweyan reading of the contemporary European crisis; Notes; References; PART II: The narrative and rhetoric of 'crisis'; 4. Neopragmatist ethnocentric rhetoric on economic crisis: Richard Rorty and social amelioration by redescription; Rorty's neopragmatist philosophy of redescription; Ethnocentric rhetoric on growth and development; Political, economic, and discursive democracy; Progress and crisis: for whom?; A concluding remark; References; 5. If philosophers are so smart: The metaphor of 'global economic crisis' |
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Conceptual metaphors in scienceMetaphorical genetics of 'economic crisis'; 'Global economic crisis' as metaphor; Discussion and conclusion; References; PART III: The economy of happiness and desire; 6. Mead's bio-social theory of the Self and the economics of happiness, for a pragmatist philosophy of economics; Hedonic theory of happiness; Mead's bio-social theory of the Self and human conduct; Identity and agency; For a pragmatist philosophy of economics; Notes; References; 7. The hegemony of finance: Recognition and the capture of desire; Origins of financialization |
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The necessity of recognitionThe capture of desire; The potential for autonomy and peer recognition; Notes; References; 8. Deep capture: The hidden role of rationalizations, psychology, and corporate law, and what philosophy can do about it; The drive for profit: the case of BP; Rationalizations, dispositions, and blame; Fighting for freedom; The disposition -- can we change it?; The way out -- critical education?; To sum up: toward honesty; Notes; References; PART IV: The efficiency of markets |
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9. Pragmatic theory of information and the efficient market hypothesis: From philosophical ideas to traders' behavior analysesWeinberger's theory of information; Peirce's role in the foundation of the pragmatic theory of information; Peirce's conception of habit of mind; Applications of Weinberger's theory of information and Peirce's approach to human cognition to economic analyses of market behavior; Acknowledgments; Note; References; 10. The relativity of transaction costs; Transaction costs and bounded rationality; Transaction costs and value propositions; Transaction costs and scarcity |
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Print version record |
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Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Economics -- Philosophy
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Financial crises.
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Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Economics -- Philosophy
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Financial crises
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Skowro?ski, Krzysztof Piotr
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| ISBN |
9781351687249 |
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1351687247 |
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