'Intersubjectivity in Economics' Description
Traditional economics treats the defining subjective properties of economic agents (tastes, preferences, demands, goals and perceptions) as determined independently of individual and collective relations with other agents. This collection of essays reflects the increasingly common view that economics cannot continue to disregard all economic phenomena inconsistent with its nineteenth century atomistic conception of Economic subjects. The volume is especially concerned with the idea of intersubjective influences on market outcomes as a recognised dimension of economic inquiry. A team of expert international contributors have been brought together to address the question of intersubjectivity from a variety of perspectives. Using methods of description and analysis they explore the structures and effects of concrete interdependencies between individual subjectivities engaged in economic activity, and develop conceptual and analytical tools for this task. Many of the essays are interdisciplinary in scope and in addition to economics the book should provide valuable lessons in psychology, sociology, social theory, philosophy, political science and history.
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Title: Intersubjectivity in Economics |
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Publication Date: 22/11/2001 |
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Illustrations & Other Content Notes: 11 line drawings, 4 tables |
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Sub Title Of Text: Agents and Structures |
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'Intersubjectivity in Economics' Contents: Introduction - why intersubjectivity?, Edward Fullbrook. Part I Intersubjective agents collective intentionality and individual behaviour, John B Davis; reciprocity, cooperation and limits to competition, Armin Falk and Ernst Fehr; all consumption is conspicuous, Anne Mayhew; flaws in the foundation - consumer behaviour and general equilibrium theory, Frank Ackerman; on the need for a more complete ontology of the consumer, Ralph William Pfouts; conspicuous consumption in economic theory and thought, Roger S Mason; the economics of criminal participation - radical subjectivist and intersubjectivist critiques, Peter Wynarczyk; everybody is talking about it - intersubjectivity and the television industry, Shaun P Hargreaves Heap. Part II Intersubjective structures market, imitation and tradition: Hayek v Keynes, Jean-Pierre Dupuy; the formation and development of individual agency - reconstitutive downward causation, Geoffrey Hodgson; conventions of co-ordination and the framing of uncertainty, Laurent Theacutevenot; on critical realism and intersubjectivity, Paul Lewis and Jochen Runde; social networks and information, Paul Ormerod; dispositions, social structures and economic practices - towards a structural-genetic economics Freacute Lebaron; Adam Smith's sympathy - towards a normative economics, S Abu Turab Rizvi; French conventions theory and interface management - towards a new theory of the firm, Thierry Levy; an intersubjective theory of value, Edward Fullbrook.