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Economics as a science of human behaviour : towards a new social science paradigm

This book champions the view that economics is a social science and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be a part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and suggesting solutions. The economic approach is applied to six different areas which are outside the scope of topics dealt with in conventional economics: natural environment politics art family conflict history The limits of this approach and possible further developments are discussed. In particular, ethical and psychological aspects are illuminated. Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour is suitable for both beginners and advanced students of economics who are looking for an introduction into behaviour-oriented economics. It has been written for sociologists, political scientists, lawyers and psychologists, but it will also serve the general reader who wants to know what insights modern applied economics may bring.

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  • "This book champions the view that economics is a social science and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be a part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and suggesting solutions. The economic approach is applied to six different areas which are outside the scope of topics dealt with in conventional economics: natural environment politics art family conflict history The limits of this approach and possible further developments are discussed. In particular, ethical and psychological aspects are illuminated. Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour is suitable for both beginners and advanced students of economics who are looking for an introduction into behaviour-oriented economics. It has been written for sociologists, political scientists, lawyers and psychologists, but it will also serve the general reader who wants to know what insights modern applied economics may bring."
  • "This book champions the view that economics is a social science and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be a part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and suggesting solutions. The economic approach is applied to six different areas which are outside the scope of topics dealt with in conventional economics: natural environment politics art family conflict history The limits of this approach and possible further developments are discussed. In particular, ethical and psychological aspects are illuminated. Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour is suitable for both beginners and advanced students of economics who are looking for an introduction into behaviour-oriented economics. It has been written for sociologists, political scientists, lawyers and psychologists, but it will also serve the general reader who wants to know what insights modern applied economics may bring."@en
  • "This book champions the view that economics is a social science, and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and suggesting solutions. I am aware that the way problems are addressed here has little in common with economics as it is generally understood today; most economists make strong efforts to imitate the exact sciences. Economics tends to become a branch of applied mathematics; the majority of all publications in professional journals and books are full of axioms, lemmas and proofs, and they are much concerned with purely formal deductions. Often, when the results are translated into verbal language, or when they are applied empirically, disappointingly little of interest remains. The book wants to show that another type of economics exists which is surprisingly little known. This type of economics has its own particular point of view. It centres on a concept of man, or a model of human behaviour, which differs from those normally used in other social sciences such as sociology, political science, law, or psychology. I do not, how ever, claim that economics is the only legitimate social science. On the vii viii PREFACE contrary, economics can provide useful insights only in collaboration with the other social sciences-an aspect which has been disregarded by mathematically oriented economics."
  • "Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour champions the view that economics can serve as a paradigm for all of the social sciences by dealing with actual problems of society. Bruno S. Frey provides insights and improves our understanding of human behaviour, while suggesting solutions to social problems in such areas as the environment, politics, art, family, history and academia. He extends the economic model by emphasising issues of fairness and morals and by relating to psychological issues. This revised second edition presents three new chapters on: fair siting procedures to preserve the natural environment an economic analysis of the behaviour of academics fairness in social interactions (prisoner's dilemmas and ultimatum games). /LIST."@en

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