Deductive Irrationality: A Commonsense Critique of Economic Rationalism

by Stephen McCarthy

Book Overview

Deductive Irrationality examines and critiques economic rationalism by assessing the work of influential political philosophers and economic theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, Gunnar Myrdal, and John F. Muth. It is one of the first serious attempts to investigate the dominant sub-fields in economic theory through the lens of political philosophy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739116258
• ISBN13: 9780739116258
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"