Deductive Irrationality: A Commonsense Critique of Economic Rationalism

Stephen McCarthy (Editor), David Kehl (Editor), James E. Alvey (Contribution by)

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Publication Date: May 1st, 2008

Publisher:

Lexington Books

ISBN:

9780739116241

Pages:

260

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Description

Deductive Irrationality examines and critiques economic rationalism by assessing the work of influential political philosophers and economic theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, Gunnar Myrdal, and John F. Muth. It is one of the first serious attempts to investigate the dominant sub-fields in economic theory through the lens of political philosophy.

About the Author

Stephen McCarthy is a research fellow for the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. David Kehl is an economist who has worked for the Australian Departments of the Treasury and of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.