Unknowledge and Choice in Economics: Proceedings of a Conference in Honour of G. L. S. Shackle

ISBN-13: 9781349080991 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 219 str.

Stephen F. Frowen

Opis

A collection of papers dicussing unknowledge and choice in economics. The topics focus especially on G.L.S.Shackle's theories and his place in subjectivist thought but also include time, choice and dynamics in economics and interest rates and investment decisions.

Spis treści

G.L.S.Shackle's place in the history of subjectivist thought, L.M.Lachmann; the fabric of economics and the golden threads of G.L.Shackle, Mark Perlman; Shackle's theory of decision-making under uncertainty - a brief exposition and critical assessment, J.L.Ford; the use of scenarios in business planning, Brian J.Loasby; Shackle and Keynes vs Rational Expectations Theory and the role of time - liquidity and financial markets, Paul Davidson; imagination, exchange and business enterprise in Smith and Shackle, J.A.Kregel; Crusoe's kingdom - a guided tour for subjectivists, J.Wiseman and S.C.Littlechild; time, choice nad dynamics in economics, O.F.Hamouda; interest rates and investment decisions, Stephen F.Frowen; the possibility of possibility, John D.Hey; speech by G.L.S.Shackle at the Conference Dinner of the George Shackle Conference, University of Surrey, Guildford, 7 September 1984.