1st Edition
Human Nature in Modern Economics Structure, Change and Perspectives
By Anna Horodecka
Copyright 2022
272 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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.
This book develops tools for the analysis of human nature through the construction of the author’s meta-model – based on anthropological and psychological foundations – allowing for comparisons of... Read more
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
Biography
Anna Horodecka is Associate Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.
