{"product_id":"decision-order-and-time-in-human-affairs-paperback-9780521147491","title":"Decision Order and Time in Human Affairs (Paperback) 9780521147491","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDecision Order and Time in Human Affairs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis second edition examines how one makes a decision and the factors that influence that decision.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eG. L. S. Shackle (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521147491, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1969, the second edition of Professor Shackle's book has a fresh preface, an extra chapter and a number of additions to its bibliography. The extra chapter is concerned with the point at which one would decide to abandon an old policy and replace it with a new one. It is, in the words of the author, a further, rather radical development of the Stockholm sequence analysis. Professor Shackle examines how a decision can be rational only in a special sense, that of exploiting to the best present effect, on the decision-maker's state of mind, the scope afforded to imagination by what is known and by the gaps in that knowledge. The attempt made in this book to provide a theory of such decision has been called 'an existentialist economics'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the second edition\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the first edition\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Time: 1. Decision\u003cbr\u003e 2. Imagination, expectation, anticipation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The solitary moment\u003cbr\u003e 4. Insulated dynamic schemes\u003cbr\u003e 5. Three critics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Time and decision in sum\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Uncertainty: 7. Uncertainty as probability\u003cbr\u003e 8. Professor Niehans on probability\u003cbr\u003e 9. Uncertainty as possibility\u003cbr\u003e 10. Potential surprise axiomatized\u003cbr\u003e 11. Critics of potential surprise\u003cbr\u003e 12. Uncertainty in sum\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Ascendancy: 14. A basic model\u003cbr\u003e 15. The neutral outcome\u003cbr\u003e 16. Cardinality\u003cbr\u003e 17. The cardinal potential surprise curve\u003cbr\u003e 18. The ascendancy function\u003cbr\u003e 19. Focus elements\u003cbr\u003e 20. Choice amongst actions\u003cbr\u003e 21. Critics of focus elements\u003cbr\u003e 22. Mr Egerton's theory of asset portfolios\u003cbr\u003e 23. Ascendancy in sum\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Expectation of Change of Own Expectation: 24. Expectation of change of own expectation\u003cbr\u003e 25. The basis of change of expectations\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Some Economic Illustrations: 26. Horizon, interest and investment\u003cbr\u003e 27. A theory of the interest rate\u003cbr\u003e 28. Profit and the range of non-revision\u003cbr\u003e 29. Order and decision in economics\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Policy, Profit and Decision: 30. Policy, profit and decision\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004649525528,"sku":"9780521147491","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521147491i_90839683-de78-4933-a641-082d229b0a24.jpg?v=1691372494","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/decision-order-and-time-in-human-affairs-paperback-9780521147491","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}