國立虎尾科技大學 |

Risk, choice, and uncertainty = three centuries of economic decision-making /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Risk, choice, and uncertainty/ George G. Szpiro.
Reminder of title:	three centuries of economic decision-making /
Author:	Szpiro, George,
Published:	New York, NY :Columbia University Press, : c2020.,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 250 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Decision making. -
Online resource:	http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231550970
ISBN:	9780231550970

Risk, choice, and uncertainty = three centuries of economic decision-making /
Szpiro, George,1950-

Risk, choice, and uncertaintythree centuries of economic decision-making /[electronic resource] :George G. Szpiro. - 1st ed. - New York, NY :Columbia University Press,c2020. - 1 online resource (xii, 250 p.) :ill. - Risky decisions. - Risky decisions..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter --

At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making in situations of constraint, risk, and scarcity. Yet not all of our choices are purely logical, and so there is a longstanding tension between those emphasizing the rational and irrational sides of human behavior. One strand develops formal models of rational utility maximizing while the other draws on what behavioral science has shown about our tendency to act irrationally.In Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty, George G. Szpiro offers a new narrative of the three-century history of the study of decision making, tracing how crucial ideas have evolved and telling the stories of the thinkers who shaped the field. Szpiro examines economics from the early days of theories spun from anecdotal evidence to the rise of a discipline built around elegant mathematics through the past half century's interest in describing how people actually behave. Considering the work of Locke, Bentham, Jevons, Walras, Friedman, Tversky and Kahneman, Thaler, and a range of other thinkers, he sheds light on the vast scope of discovery since Bernoulli first proposed a solution to the St. Petersburg Paradox. Presenting fundamental mathematical theories in easy-to-understand language, Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty is a revelatory history for readers seeking to grasp the grand sweep of economic thought.

In English.

ISBN: 9780231550970

Standard No.: 10.7312/szpi19474doi

LCCN: 2019023646Subjects--Topical Terms:

528319
Decision making.

LC Class. No.: HD30.23 / .S97 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 330.01/9

Risk, choice, and uncertainty = three centuries of economic decision-making /
LDR:03290cam a2200337 a 4500 001 1096765
003 DE-B1597
005 20220302035458.0
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 221229s2020 nyua ob 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2019023646
020 $a 9780231550970 $q (electronic bk.)
020 $z 9780231194747 $q (hbk.)
024 7 $a 10.7312/szpi19474 $2 doi
035 $a 9780231550970
040 $a DE-B1597 $b eng $c DE-B1597
041 0 $a eng
044 $a nyu $c US-NY
050 0 0 $a HD30.23 $b .S97 2020
082 0 4 $a 330.01/9 $2 23
100 1 $a Szpiro, George, $d 1950- $3 1406173
245 1 0 $a Risk, choice, and uncertainty $h [electronic resource] : $b three centuries of economic decision-making / $c George G. Szpiro.
250 $a 1st ed.
260 $a New York, NY : $b Columbia University Press, $c c2020.
300 $a 1 online resource (xii, 250 p.) : $b ill.
490 1 $a Risky decisions
504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 $t Frontmatter -- $t CONTENTS -- $t INTRODUCTION -- $t PART ONE. HAPPINESS AND THE UTILITY OF WEALTH -- $t 1. IT ALL BEGAN WITH A PARADOX -- $t 2. MORE IS BETTER . . . -- $t 3. . . . AT A DECREASING RATE -- $t PART TWO. MATHEMATICS IS THE QUEEN OF THE SCIENCES . . . -- $t 4. THE MARGINALIST TRIUMVIRATE -- $t 5. FORGOTTEN PRECURSORS -- $t 6. BETTING ON ONE'S BELIEF -- $t 7. GAMES ECONOMISTS PLAY -- $t 8. WOBBLY CURVES -- $t 9. COMPARING THE INCOMPARABLE -- $t PART THREE. . . . BUT MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS -- $t 10. MORE PARADOXES -- $t 11. GOOD ENOUGH -- $t 12. SUNK COSTS, THE GAMBLER'S FALLACY, AND OTHER ERRORS -- $t 13. ERRONEOUS, IRRATIONAL, OR PLAIN DUMB? -- $t NOTES -- $t BIBLIOGRAPHY -- $t INDEX.
520 $a At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making in situations of constraint, risk, and scarcity. Yet not all of our choices are purely logical, and so there is a longstanding tension between those emphasizing the rational and irrational sides of human behavior. One strand develops formal models of rational utility maximizing while the other draws on what behavioral science has shown about our tendency to act irrationally.In Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty, George G. Szpiro offers a new narrative of the three-century history of the study of decision making, tracing how crucial ideas have evolved and telling the stories of the thinkers who shaped the field. Szpiro examines economics from the early days of theories spun from anecdotal evidence to the rise of a discipline built around elegant mathematics through the past half century's interest in describing how people actually behave. Considering the work of Locke, Bentham, Jevons, Walras, Friedman, Tversky and Kahneman, Thaler, and a range of other thinkers, he sheds light on the vast scope of discovery since Bernoulli first proposed a solution to the St. Petersburg Paradox. Presenting fundamental mathematical theories in easy-to-understand language, Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty is a revelatory history for readers seeking to grasp the grand sweep of economic thought.
546 $a In English.
588 0 $a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 $a Decision making. $3 528319
650 0 $a Risk management. $3 559158
830 0 $a Risky decisions. $3 1406174
856 4 0 $u http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231550970