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Korkotsides Anastasios S. <1950-, >
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Titolo: |
Against utility-based economics : on a life-based approach / / Anastasios S. Korkotsides
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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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-203-74247-8 |
1-135-00973-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910819196503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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