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Modern psychology is pioneering the return of hedonism into choice theory. With this comeback of hedonism, the dialogue between economics and psychology loops a loop that originates in the marginal revolution, more than a century ago. Then economists inspired by advances in psychology were leading the charge against hedonism spoiling marginal utility theory. This book starts with a reexamination of the old hedonic critique. Why did utility theory throughout its history try to eradicate the flaws stressed by the critique? To what extent would it not apply to a utility theory reshaped along the…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Modern psychology is pioneering the return of
hedonism into choice theory. With this comeback of
hedonism, the dialogue between economics and
psychology loops a loop that originates in the
marginal revolution, more than a century ago. Then
economists inspired by advances in psychology were
leading the charge against hedonism spoiling marginal
utility theory. This book starts with a reexamination
of the old hedonic critique. Why did utility theory
throughout its history try to eradicate the flaws
stressed by the critique? To what extent would it not
apply to a utility theory reshaped along the lines of
Kahneman s well-being psychology or Ainslie s
picoeconomics?
This book shows that old and new hedonism are
inherently the same: a hydra with two heads, pleasure
as the end, and its behavioral consequence,
maximizing. The way out of hedonism requires getting
rid of both, along with utility. This is achieved in
René Girard s theory of mimetic desire, where the
utility concept does not have relevance. The book
explores breaches that this theory allows in choice
theory and in the theory of competition. It ends with
an exploration of intentions in an experiment on
trust and reciprocity.
Autorenporträt
Pierre Lacour earned a Master degree in economics from the
University of Paris in 1991 and a Ph.D in economics from the New
School (New York) in 2004. He is assistant professor of economics
at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York
University. Previously he taught economics at the State
University of New York.