The concept of economic rationality is important for the historical evolution of Economics as a scientific discipline. The common idea about this concept -even

This book is the result of a research project begun by the author in 1958 with the aim of answering two questions: First, what is the rationality of the economi

The theory of practical rationality does not belong to one academic discipline alone. There are quite divergent philosophical, economical, sociological, psychol

Ideas linked to rational choice theory started to appear frequently in the economics literature in the 1960s and 1970s, but the attention given to rationality w

This book concentrates upon how economic rationalities have been embedded into particular historical practices, cultures, and moral systems. Through multiple ca