Willful: How We Choose What We Do - Couverture rigide

Robb, Richard

 
9780300246438: Willful: How We Choose What We Do
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0300246439 ISBN 13 : 9780300246438
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2020

Synopsis

A revelatory alternative to the standard economic models of human behavior that proposes an exciting new way to understand decision-making

"Willful is a breakthrough in economics. Richard Robb's tremendously insightful book shows how much of our behavior is not explained by existing theories of human action and explains in sparkling prose why understanding decisions made seemingly without reason presents a fuller picture of our world."--Edmund S. Phelps, Nobel Laureate in Economics

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 preferences. Behaviorists, on the other hand, see us as relying on mental shortcuts and conforming to preexisting biases. Richard Robb argues that neither explanation accounts for those things that we do for their own sake, and without understanding these sorts of actions, our picture of decision-making is at best incomplete. Robb explains how these choices made seemingly without reason belong to a realm of behavior he identifies as "for-itself."

A provocative combination of philosophy and economics that offers a key to many of our quixotic choices, this groundbreaking volume provides a new way to understand everything from investing to how hard we work to how we manage daily interactions.

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À propos de l?auteur

Richard Robb is professor of professional practice in international and public affairs at Columbia University and CEO of the investment firm Christofferson, Robb & Company, which he cofounded in 2001.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300246439
ISBN 13 
9780300246438
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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Personne responsable
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