The Psychology Of Economics

by Walter A Weisskopf

Overview

First Published in 1999. This book is a study of psychology and philosopy of social thought, exemplified by the analysis of certain economic ideas. The method is briefly sketched in the first part and then applied in a series of case studies to crucial concepts in economics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415210485
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/10/1999
Series:	International Library of Psychology
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PREFACE — PART I — Introduction — 1 THE APPROACH — 2 THE ECONOMIC VALUE COMPLEX — PART II — Classical Value Theory and Adam Smith — 3 THE PSYCHOCULTURAL BACKGROUND OF CLASSICAL VALUE THEORY — 4 ADAM SMITH — PART III — The Ricardian Theory of Value — 5 THE BACKGROUND OF RICARDO’S VALUE THEORY — 6 LABOUR BESTOWED VERSUS LABOUR COMMANDED — 7 THE ELIMINATION OF CAPITAL AS A DETERMINANT OF VALUE — 8 THE MEASURE OF VALUE — 9 RICARDO ON RENT — PART IV — Male and Female Symbolism in the Thought of Ricardo, Maithus, Engels, and Marx — 10 RICARDIAN DYNAMICS — 11 THE UNIVERSALITY OF SYMBOLISM — 12 APOLOGISTS AND ANTAGONISTS — 13 PSYCHODYNAMIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS — 14 THE PSYCHODYNAMIC MEANiNG OF LABOUR — PART V — Alfred Marshall’s Value and Equilibrium Theory — 15 ETHICS AND ECONOMICS — 16 INDIVIDUAL ECONOMIC ACTION — 17 EQUILIBRIUM OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY — 18 EQUILIBRIUM OF NORMAL SUPPLY AND DEMAND — 19 VALUE AND EQUILIBRIUM OF FACTORS OF PRODUCTION — PART VI — The Disintegration of Economic Rationalism — 20 REASON AND RATIONALISM — BIBLIOGRAPHY — INDEX.