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Mind, Society, and Human Action: Time and Knowledge in a Theory of Social Economy book cover

1st Edition

Mind, Society, and Human Action Time and Knowledge in a Theory of Social Economy

By Richard Wagner Copyright 2010
224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge
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Economics originated as a branch of the humane studies that was concerned with trying to understand how some societies flourish while others stagnate, and also how once-flourishing societies could come to stagnate. Over the major part of the 20 th century, however, economists mostly turned away from these humane and societal concerns by importing mechanistic ideas from 19 th century physics.... Read more

1. Social-Economy: Some Preliminaries on Scope and Method, 2. Society, Property, and Human Action, 3. Economizing, Calculation, and Purposive Action, 4. Planning, Production, and Entrepreneurial Action, 5. Markets and Prices as Emergent Patterns of Human Interaction, 6. Competition and Its Social Organization, 7. From Micro to Macro through an Emergent Ecology of Enterprises, 8. Politics, Markets, and Political Economy: Entangled, not Separated

Biography

Richard E. Wagner is Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University, Fairfax, USA.

"Richard Wagner develops a bold alternative to the predominant research program in contemporary economics. This alternative, focused on understanding emergent-dynamic processes, provides valuable insights into our understanding of economic systems. This important book deserves a wide readership."

Christopher J. Coyne, University of West Virginia

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