{"product_id":"identity-capabilities-and-changing-economics-reflexive-adaptive-socially-embedded-individuals-hardback-9781009438230","title":"Identity, Capabilities, and Changing Economics; Reflexive, Adaptive, Socially Embedded Individuals (Hardback) 9781009438230","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIdentity, Capabilities, and Changing Economics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReflexive, Adaptive, Socially Embedded Individuals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUsing identity analysis, this book advances a reflexive, adaptive capabilities conception of individuals as an alternative to Homo economicus.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn B. Davis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009438230, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.3 cm, 0.586 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Davis has filled an essential gap in the literature … you should have this book on your shelf.' Valentina Erasmo, History of Economic Thought and Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMainstream economics assumes economic agents act and make decisions to maximize their utility. This model of economic behavior, based on rational choice theory, has come under increasing attack in economics because it does not accurately reflect the way people behave and reason. The shift towards a more realistic account of economic agents has been mostly associated with the rise of behavioral economics, which views individuals through the lens of bounded rationality. Identity, Capabilities, and Changing Economics goes further and uses identity analysis to build on this critique of the utility conception of individuals, arguing it should be replaced by a conception of economic agents in an uncertain world as socially embedded and identified with their capabilities. Written by one of the world's leading philosophers of economics, the book develops a new approach to economics' theory of the individual, explaining individuals as adaptive and reflexive rather than utility maximizing.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Failed Pathway and Exit Strategies: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Objectivity in economics and the problem of the individual\u003cbr\u003e 2. The untenability of the unembedded Homo economicus\u003cbr\u003e 3. The 'reconciliation problem' and an individuality reconstruction problem\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Rebuilding the Individual Conception: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 4. Adaptive reflexive individuals: a capabilities conception of the person\u003cbr\u003e 5. A general theory of social economic stratification: stigmatization, exclusion, and capability shortfalls\u003cbr\u003e 6. Roads not taken yet to be taken: enhancing capabilities\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Value and Subjectivity: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 7. Economics as a normative discipline: value dis-entanglement in an objective economics\u003cbr\u003e 8. Individual realization? Rethinking subjectivity in economics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Change in and changing economics\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic theory \u0026amp; philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic theory \u0026amp; philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20theory%20\u0026amp;%20philosophy%20%5BKCA%5D%22\"\u003eKCA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414006919448,"sku":"9781009438230","price":77.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009438230i.jpg?v=1784335521","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/identity-capabilities-and-changing-economics-reflexive-adaptive-socially-embedded-individuals-hardback-9781009438230","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}