Willful : how we choose what we do / Richard Robb.
A revelatory alternative to the standard economic models of human behavior that proposes an exciting new way to understand decision-making. Why do we do the things we do? The classical view of economics is that we are rational individuals, making decisions with the intention of maximizing our prefer...
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Yale University Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Venturing beyond purposeful choice
- 2. Two realms of human behavior
- 3. Acting in character
- 4. Making money in financial markets : anatomy of a leap
- 5. For-itself decision-making within a group
- 6. Altruism
- 7. Public policy
- 8. Changing our minds
- 9. Homo economicus and homo ludens
- Purposeful versus for-itself : a peace treaty.