Choice and Consequence

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Choice and Consequence by Thomas C. Thomas Schelling is a political economist "conspicuous for wandering"--an errant economist.

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In Choice and Consequence , he ventures into the area where rationality is ambiguous in order to look at the tricks people use to try to quit smoking or lose weight. He explores topics as awesome as nuclear terrorism, as sordid as blackmail, as ineffable as daydreaming, as intimidati Thomas Schelling is a political economist "conspicuous for wandering"--an errant economist.

He explores topics as awesome as nuclear terrorism, as sordid as blackmail, as ineffable as daydreaming, as intimidating as euthanasia. He examines ethical issues wrapped up in economics, unwrapping the economics to disclose ethical issues that are misplaced or misidentified. With an ingenious, often startling approach, Schelling brings new perspectives to problems ranging from drug abuse, abortion, and the value people put on their lives to organized crime, airplane hijacking, and automobile safety.

One chapter is a clear and elegant exposition of game theory as a framework for analyzing social problems. Another plays with the hypothesis that our minds are not only our problem-solving equipment but also the organ in which much of our consumption takes place. What binds together the different subjects is the author's belief in the possibility of simultaneously being humane and analytical, of dealing with both the momentous and the familiar.

Choice and Consequence was written for the curious, the puzzled, the worried, and all those who appreciate intellectual adventure. Paperback , pages. Published October 15th by Harvard University Press first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Choice and Consequence , please sign up.

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Be the first to ask a question about Choice and Consequence. Lists with This Book. Jan 02, Dora marked it as to-read Shelves: From a list of 10 books to read on economics by the authors of Freakonomics. Oct 22, Leonardo marked it as considering. Citado en La idea de Justicia. Jan 31, Snehal Bhagat rated it really liked it. Classical economic theory is underpinned by the assumption of rational consumers, possessing complete information to make decisions in a perfect marketplace.

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And even though each of these premises is flawed, in that it does not reflect conditions in the normal world, the model helps explain a wide variety of economic phenomena with great success. It does not however lend itself very well to explaining social phenomena; a completely rational, fully cognitive agent with perfect information wouldn't Classical economic theory is underpinned by the assumption of rational consumers, possessing complete information to make decisions in a perfect marketplace.

It does not however lend itself very well to explaining social phenomena; a completely rational, fully cognitive agent with perfect information wouldn't procrastinate, or eat, drink and smoke to excess, do drugs, or fall in love with a person completely wrong for them. Without the flaws of human nature and the asymmetry of information, Survivor wouldn't be much of a show. With them, we have fun with decision theory and behavioral economics.

Schelling's is among the pioneering works in this field that now sees so much output in the form of Freakonomics like books that take on problems as diverse as why allowing abortion makes socio-economic sense or why there is a light in the refrigerator but not in the freezer. In addition to tackling a wide variety of such interesting issues, Schelling also makes a case for how complex, ethical dilemmas can be reformulated in economic terminology so that they cease to be emotionally charged and lend themselves to objective, econometric analysis, and how, when this is done, the conclusions can be very surprising.

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Choice and Consequence

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