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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...

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Autor principal: Bromley, Daniel W., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400832637