A Genealogy of Self-Interest in Economics

Analyzes the evolution of the notion of self-interest, which has never been fully researched despite its essential role in economics Presents contributions by leading experts in the field, highlighting the relationship between self-interest and current theoretical economics, such as neuroeconomics and behavioral economics Is the first book dedicated to the history of self-interest in economics, offering an excellent overall treatment of the subject for economists and general readers alike

Autorentext

Susumu Egashira, Department of Economics, Otaru University of Commerce
Masanori Taishido, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University
Wade Hands, Department of Economics, University of Puget Sound
Uskali Mäki, Department of Political and economic Studies, University of Helsinki

Inhalt
Introductuion.- 1. Adam Smith on self-interest.- 2. Jeremy Bentham on self-interest.- 3. John Stuart Mill on self-interest and the assumption of economic theories.- 4. Leon Walras' idea of human nature and theory of property: free exchange, communism, and association.- 5. Self-interest in Marshall's economic thinking.- 6. Otto Neurath's theory of felicitology and socialization: the meaning of physicalism in social sciences.- 7. On the innate selfishness of evaluation in Mises.- 8. Frank Knight on self-interest.- 9. Karl Polanyi's motive of economy and institution.- 10. Schrödinger's concept of economy and institution.- 11. Hayek on interest- the finding of rules on Great Society.- 12. Altruism: how economists have dealt with unselfish actions.- 13. Can agent based modeling realize Adam Smith's perspective?.- 14. Are social preferences just enlightened self-interests after all?-Three non-reductivist responses from behavioral economics in practice.- 15. Homo economic us under multiplepressures: Economics, other disciplines, and social reality.