Comparisons in Economic Thought

Economic interdependency reconsidered

Stavros A. Drakopoulos (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-39416-2 (ISBN)

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The idea of comparing rewards with others has a long and persistent presence in the social sciences, and can be found in many psychological, social and managerial theories. In economics, this idea can be traced back through the works of a substantial number of eminent thinkers, from Genovesi and Hume, to Smith, Ricardo, Marx, and Mill, through to Veblen, Pigou, and Keynes.

In the last two decades the notion of social comparisons has started to appear more frequently in economic literature, especially in the subfield of happiness research. There are also signs that the notion has resurfaced in some strands of literature such as positional concerns, social identity models and social capital theory. Comparisons in Economic Thought offers a uniquely comprehensive account of how social comparisons have featured in the history of economic thought. This book provides an assessment as to why social comparisons have been dismissed by mainstream economists and considers their current and future usefulness.

This volume is suitable for those who are interested and study history of economic thought, economic methodology and History of Consumer Theory, as well as Rational Choice Theory.

Stavros A. Drakopoulos is a full Professor of Economics in the Department of Philosophy and History of Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. His research interests include Economic Methodology and the History of Economic Thought, Labour Economics, and the Economics of Subjective Well-being.

Introduction

1. Social Comparisons in Other Social Sciences

2. Social Comparisons in Pre-classical and Classical Economic Thought

3. The Marginalization of Social Comparisons

4. The Reappearance of Social Comparisons

5. Social Comparisons in Microeconomics

6. Social Comparisons: Welfare, Macroeconomics and Labour Economics

7. Social Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being

8. Methodological Issues

Epilogue

Erscheinungsdatum	19.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
Zusatzinfo	1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-138-39416-5 / 1138394165
ISBN-13	978-1-138-39416-2 / 9781138394162
Zustand	Neuware