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Sufficient reason : volitional pragmatism and the meaning of economic institutions /
In the standard analysis of economic institutions--which include social conventions, the working rules of an economy, and entitlement regimes (property relations)--economists invoke the same theories they use when analyzing individual behavior. In this profoundly innovative book, Daniel Bromley chal...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the standard analysis of economic institutions--which include social conventions, the working rules of an economy, and entitlement regimes (property relations)--economists invoke the same theories they use when analyzing individual behavior. In this profoundly innovative book, Daniel Bromley challenges these theories, arguing instead for "volitional pragmatism" as a plausible way of thinking about the evolution of economic institutions. Economies are always in the process of becoming. Here is a theory of how they become. Bromley argues that standard economic accounts see institutions as mer |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400832637 1400832632 |