Human Nature in Modern Economics: Structure, Change and Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781032073415 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 296 str.

Anna Horodecka

Opis

Human Nature in Modern Economics offers a precise definition of the concept of human nature in economics, something that is so far lacking in the theoretical and methodological literature.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION: HUMAN NATURE AND ECONOMICS   1. HUMAN NATURE AND HOW TO STUDY IT   2. HUMAN NATURE IN UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTISING ECONOMICS   3. HOMO OECONOMICUS AS THE STARTING POINT FOR ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS OF HUMAN NATURE IN HETERODOX ECONOMICS   4. ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS OF HUMAN NATURE IN HETERODOX ECONOMICS   5. DETERMINANTS OF CHANGES IN THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN NATURE IN ECONOMICS   6. PERSPECTIVES OF ECONOMICS IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGING CONCEPTS OF HUMAN NATURE   CONCLUSION: HUMAN NATURE IN MODERN ECONOMICS

O autorze

Anna Horodecka is Associate Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.