The Tyranny of Utility
| Author | : Gilles Saint-Paul |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 175 |
| Release | : 2011-07-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780691128177 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0691128170 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Tyranny of Utility by : Gilles Saint-Paul
Download or read book The Tyranny of Utility written by Gilles Saint-Paul and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political organization and the conception of man -- The challenge to the unitary individual in Western thought -- Economics: the last bastion of rationality -- Economics goes behavioral -- From utility to happiness -- Post-utilitarianism : searching for a collective soul in the behavioral era -- The policy prescriptions of behavioral economics -- The modern paternalistic state -- Responsibility transfer -- The role of science -- Markets in a paternalistic world -- Where to go?
