21 févr. 2010
The origins of capitalism by Max Weber
Book review - 5 pages - Theories and economic notions
In a way, we can say that all Weber's work is dominated by the question of the origins of capitalism: Why capitalism was born, and how it eventually emerged not only as a dominant mode or exclusive economic behavior but even more broadly as a cultural model marking all spheres of social life,...
08 oct. 2008
Rationality in Economics from Shaun Hargreaves Heap
Book review - 1 pages - Theories and economic notions
The purpose of the book is to single out the different kinds of rationality throughout the social sciences utilities: the desires (goals, preferences, ends), the beliefs (knowledge, information), and the action framework. Rationality in an economic perspective is how we make a choice or...
