1. Pragmatismus und wirtschaftliches Handeln
- Author:
- Jens Beckert
- Publication Date:
- 04-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
- Abstract:
- What alternatives to rational choice theory do exist to explain economic phenomena? I argue that American pragmatism presents a viable alternative for the explanation of key economic incidences. First I illustrate the foundations of pragmatism using three problems regularly encountered in action theory. Then I show how innovation, institutional change, price formation and actors' preferences can be analyzed based on pragmatist premises. I conclude by reflecting on why pragmatism has found so little recognition in economics.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Economics, Political Economy, and Political Theory
- Political Geography:
- United States and America