The Age of Post-Rationality: Limits of Economic Reasoning in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9789811348426 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 253 str.

Val Colic-Peisker; Adrian Flitney

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. A rational society.- Chapter 3. The tyranny of competition.- Chapter 4. Hyper-consumption and inequality.- Chapter 5. The great gamble of global finance vs. the real economy.- Chapter 6. Economic rationality vs. the Earth.- Chapter 7. The promise and threat of the Internet age.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Into a bright post-capitalist future?.

O autorze

Val Colic-Peisker is an associate professor of sociology at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Melbourne. She has previously worked as journalist, translator, radio-producer and free-lance author. She has published extensively in mainstream and academic media.

Adrian P. Flitney is a quantum physicist who makes his living as a share trader. This gives him considerable insight into the vicissitudes of both the universe and global financial markets. He has published widely in the field of quantum games.