02527oam 2200649I 450 991046303070332120200520144314.00-203-74247-81-135-00973-210.4324/9780203742471 (CKB)2670000000390374(EBL)1251052(OCoLC)852758606(SSID)ssj0000917649(PQKBManifestationID)12320474(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917649(PQKBWorkID)10892734(PQKB)11304603(OCoLC)857082685(MiAaPQ)EBC1251052(Au-PeEL)EBL1251052(CaPaEBR)ebr10729792(CaONFJC)MIL503902(OCoLC)857804480(EXLCZ)99267000000039037420180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAgainst utility-based economics on a life-based approach /Anastasios S. KorkotsidesNew York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (297 p.)Routledge frontiers of political economy ;173Description based upon print version of record.0-415-82963-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The beast -- pt. 2. Its measurable footprint.<P></P><P>Utility-based theory and the fallback choice-theoretic framework are shown to be biased, irremediably flawed and misleading. A radically different theory of value and of consumer behaviour is proposed based on existential interpretations of scarcity, value and self-interest. For self-conscious mortals, only time is scarce. All other is derivative scarcity. Value is in the life, as a knowledge extract of time, which goes into commodities as direct human labour and depreciated capital, through their production. By structuring their preferences, consumers try to confiscate more of such Routledge Frontiers of Political EconomyUtility theoryValueEconomicsElectronic books.Utility theory.Value.Economics.330.15/7Korkotsides Anastasios S.1950-,894106MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463030703321Against utility-based economics1997272UNINA