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Overview"There has been a resurgence of interest in the work of Vilfredo Pareto, one of the founders of modern economics. This text reconstructs the genesis and significance of Pareto's ""theory of choice"" which is Pareto's greatest contribution to economic science and which was used by John Hicks, amongst others, to develop microeconomics. Hicks, Allen, Samuelson and others acknowledged Pareto as the father of the new ordinalist microeconomists but at the same time, portrayed him as confused and contradictory, caught between the old and the new paradigms. Luigino Bruni argues that Pareto's revolution in choice theory is better understood in the context of his own philosophical framework. This framework is revealed by reconstructing his dialogues with economists and philosophers, and by exploring Pareto's economic theory in the light of his philosophy of science. In addition, Bruni agrues that Pareto's contribution was different and more complex than Hick's ordinalism and Samuelson's operationalism. From this analysis emerges an image of Pareto as a man whose ideas and work was only partially fulfilled." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Luigino BruniPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9781840645323ISBN 10: 1840645326 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 28 May 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews'Given Pareto's powerful influence on modern economic theory and method, one hopes that the present growth phase in Pareto scholarship will continue. Bruni's book should help to keep Pareto scholarship on the upswing: It is sufficiently informative that most readers will come away from it with a better understanding of Pareto and his work... this book has much else to recommend it. Since it discusses both the early development of choice theory, one of the cornerstones of modern economics, and early contributions to economic methodology, it should be of interest not only to economists in general and to historians of economics in particular, but also to members of the broader philosophy of science community.' -- Christian E. Weber, Journal of the History of Economic Thought Author InformationLuigino Bruni, Professor of Political Economy, Department of Law, Economics, Politics and Modern languages, LUMSA University, Italy Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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