{"product_id":"sufficient-reason-volitional-pragmatism-and-the-meaning-of-economic-institutions-9780691144399","title":"Sufficient Reason  Volitional Pragmatism and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the standard analysis of economic institutions - which include social conventions, the working rules of an economy, and entitlement regimes (property relations) - economists invoke the same theories they use when analyzing individual behavior. This book challenges these theories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At last, someone has written a hard-hitting demonstration that formulating the problems of economic policy in the 'old institutionalist' framework of analysis yields far greater insights than do attempts to frame these problems of achieving 'economic efficiency'. Daniel Bromley has written such a book: Sufficient Reason ... and it should be widely read by both the supporters and critics of environmental economics.\"--Bryan Norton, Environmental Values \"In the absence of a consensus there is still the ongoing debate over the making of policy and judgments concerning welfare. To that debate, Bromley's book is a welcome and valuable addition.\"--Malcolm Rutherford, Journal of Economic Methodology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii  Preface ix      PRELUDE 1  CHAPTER ON: Prospective Volition 3  CHAPTER TWO: The Task at Hand 20      PART ONE: On Economic Institutions 29      CHAPTER THREE: Understanding Institutions 31  CHAPTER FOUR: The Content of Institutions 43  CHAPTER FIVE: Institutional Change 67      PART TWO: Volitional Pragmatism 85      CHAPTER SIX: Fixing Belief 87  CHAPTER SEVEN: Explaining 103  CHAPTER EIGHT: Prescribing and Predicting 115  CHAPTER NINE: Volitional Pragmatism 129      PART THREE: Volitional Pragmatism at Work 153      CHAPTER TEN: Thinking as a Pragmatist 155  CHAPTER ELEVEN: Volitional Pragmatism and Explanation 166  CHAPTER TWELVE: Volitional Pragmatism and the Evolution of Institutions 180  CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Volitional Pragmatism and Economic Regulations 199  CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Sufficient Reason 212      Bibliography 225  Index 235","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359109710167,"sku":"9780691144399","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691144399.jpg?v=1754123624","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sufficient-reason-volitional-pragmatism-and-the-meaning-of-economic-institutions-9780691144399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}