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Against utility-based economics : on a life-based approach / / Anastasios S. Korkotsides



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Autore: Korkotsides Anastasios S. <1950-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Against utility-based economics : on a life-based approach / / Anastasios S. Korkotsides Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina: 330.15/7
Soggetto topico: Utility theory
Value
Economics
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The beast -- pt. 2. Its measurable footprint.
Sommario/riassunto: <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
Altri titoli varianti: Against utility based economics
Titolo autorizzato: Against utility-based economics  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-203-74247-8
1-135-00973-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819196503321
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Serie: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy