Beliefs in Action: Economic Philosophy and Social Change

by Eduardo Giannetti

Book Overview

This book is concerned with the role of economic philosophy (ideas) in the processes of belief-formation and social change. Its aim is to further our understanding of the behavior of the individual economic agent by bringing to light and examining the function of non-rational dispositions and motivations (passions) in the determination of the agent's beliefs and goals. Drawing on the work of David Hume and Adam Smith, the book spells out the particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521100607
• ISBN13: 9780521100601
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"