{"product_id":"economics-and-institutions-9780745602776","title":"Economics and Institutions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Hodgson aims to demonstrate that social institutions play a central role in moulding preferences and guiding action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I think that this is a superb book ... what Hodgson has done is to bring together a wide range of themes, and weave them together in a particularly persuasive way. It is a must read for economists predisposed to question contemporary orthodoxy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard R. Nelson, \u003ci\u003eReview of Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a landmark work in the evolution of institutional economics.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is an excellent read. Written with great care, refreshing intellectual honesty and with a wide canvas of the relevant literature it should be on the “essential” reading lists of all final year and post-graduate economics students. It will also be of great interest to students of the other social sciences who would like a point of entry to the inner mysteries of the faith.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNorman Clark, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Sussex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART 1 PRELUDE: Introduction and Outline; On Methodology and Assumptions. PART 2 A FAREWELL TO `ECONOMIC MAN': Behind Methodological Individualism; The Maximisation Hypothesis; The Rationalist Conception of Action; Action and Institutions. PART 3 ELEMENTS OF AN INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS: Contracts and Property Rights; Markets as Institutions; Firms and Markets; Expectations and the Limits to Keynes; Directions and Policy Implications.","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404334801239,"sku":"9780745602776","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economics-and-institutions-9780745602776","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}