John B. Davis (Wisconsin Marquette University and Universiteit van

Identity, Capabilities, and Changing Economics

Reflexive, Adaptive, Socially Embedded Individuals

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Produktbeschreibung

Upending traditional mainstream view, this book applies identity analysis to economics to show the limitations of Homo economicus. It distinguishes different forms of people's social identities and advances policies for combating social inequality. It also shows how economics is value-entangled and examines forces influencing change in economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781009438254
• ISBN-10: 1009438255
• Artikelnr.: 69229691

Autorenporträt

John B. Davis is Professor Emeritus of Economics: Marquette University, University of Amsterdam. He is the author of Keynes's Philosophical Development, The Theory of the Individual in Economics, and Individuals and Identity in Economics, and a former co-author of the Journal of Economic Methodology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. The Failed Pathway and Exit Strategies: Introduction
1. Objectivity in economics and the problem of the individual
2. The untenability of the unembedded Homo economicus
3. The 'reconciliation problem' and an individuality reconstruction problem
Part II. Rebuilding the Individual Conception: Introduction
4. Adaptive reflexive individuals: a capabilities conception of the person
5. A general theory of social economic stratification: stigmatization, exclusion, and capability shortfalls
6. Roads not taken yet to be taken: enhancing capabilities
Part III. Value and Subjectivity: Introduction
7. Economics as a normative discipline: value dis-entanglement in an objective economics
8. Individual realization? Rethinking subjectivity in economics
9. Change in and changing economics
References
Index.