Foundations of Paul Samuelson's Revealed Preference Theory: A study by the method of rational reconstruction

by Stanley Wong

Book Overview

Originally published over two decades ago, this classic text within the philosophy of economics is a tour de force against revealed preference. It critically examines the research programme carried out by the Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson on the revealed preference approach to the theory of consumer behaviour. It also challenges two essential premises:

* that the programme has been completed
* that the various contributions of Samuelson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415493722
• ISBN13: 9780415493727
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"