Economics and the Mind

by Mark D. White and Barbara Montero

Book Overview

Economics is often defined as the science of choice or human action. But choice and action are essentially mental phenomena, an aspect rarely mentioned in the economics discourse. Choice, while not always a conscious or rational process, is held to involve beliefs, desires, intentions and arguably even free will. Actions are often opposed to mere bodily movements, with the former being in some sense only understandable in reference to mental processes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415770564
• ISBN13: 9780415770569
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.4"