2nd Edition

Foundations of Paul Samuelson's Revealed Preference Theory, Revised Edition A study by the method of rational reconstruction

By Stanley Wong Copyright 2006
180 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Originally published over two decades ago, this classic text within the philosophy of economics is a tour de force against revealed preference. It critically examines the research programme carried out by the Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson on the revealed preference approach to the theory of consumer behaviour. It also challenges two essential premises: * that the programme has been... Read more

Preface  Introduction  1. Understanding and Criticsim  2. The Hicks and Allen Programme  3. A New Theory  4. A Method of Revealing Preference  5. The Observational Equivalent of Ordinal Utility Theory  6. Epilogue  Notes  Bibliography  Name Index  Subject Index

Biography

Stanley Wong received his university education at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia and King’s College, Cambridge. He is currently practising law with a major Canadian law firm and holds an LL.B. from the University of Toronto as well as two degrees in economics.

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