Choice Theory, Michael Allingham
Choice Theory, Michael Allingham
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Choice Theory
A Very Short Introduction

Author: Michael Allingham

Narrator: Mike Cooper

Unabridged: 3 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/13/2021


Synopsis

We make choices all the time—about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind of criteria are we applying when we say that a choice is rational? What guides our own choices, especially in cases where we don't have complete information about the outcomes? What strategies should be applied in making decisions which affect a lot of people, as in the case of government policy?

This book explores what it means to be rational in all these contexts. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to decisions in everyday life, and to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources.

About Michael Allingham

Michael Allingham is a Fellow and the Senior Tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford. He read natural philosophy and then political economy at the University of Edinburgh and subsequently taught at a number of universities in the United Kingdom and the United States; he has also held visiting positions at universities in Italy, France, and Austria. His books include Equilibrium and Disequilibrium, General Equilibrium, Value, Unconscious Contracts, Theory of Markets, and Rational Choice.


Reviews

Goodreads review by رؤد

نظرية الإختيار العقلاني "Rational Choice الكاتب ../ مايكل ألنجهام زميل كلية مودلين بجامعة أكسفورد. دَرَس الفلسفةَ الطبيعية ثم الاقتصادَ السياسي في جامعة إدنبره وبعد ذلك عمل بالتدريس في عددٍ من الجامعات في المملكة المتحدة والولايات المتحدة كما عمل أستاذًا زائرًا في عددٍ من الجامعات في النمسا وكندا وف......more

Goodreads review by M.

Choice Theory I think one of the weakest book of the series so far, interesting topic that was handled badly, and there is far more complicated topics that was handled well in the series so far. It tries to explain choices with daily and simple examples but fell short of being irritable and boring. 1.5......more

من يتبصر في الاختيار كثيرا، ينتق الأسوأ غالبا مثل فرنسي لن يتفق معه الكتاب بأي حال من الأحوال! حياتنا كلها سلسلة من الاختيارات، ورغم الحرية الكاملة في الاختيار التي تُمنح لنا في أشياء لكننا نخطيء، ونختلف! ونزعم كلنا أننا نختار المنطقي والمعقول.. لكننا جميعًا نختلف، بل يختلف اختيار الإنسان في الموقف ا......more

Goodreads review by Iman

#نظرية_الاختيار #مايكل_ألينجهام عدد الصفحات : 134 الكتاب السادس عشر لعام 2020 قد تبدو صفحاته قليلة لكن محتواه غنيٌّ ومهم، فهو يناقش آلية الاختيار بشقيه العقلاني واللاعقلاني، وكيفية تحريك آلية الإختيار بالقلب أو بالعقل ومدى ترابط تلك الآلية ومدى ضعفها، وكيف يكون الاختيار فرديًّا أم جماعيًّا ومدى تأثير ذل......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

For once when reviewing a VSI I find myself in the position of knowing something about the subject from my own university-level studies. It is a reasonably concise and clear overview of the basics of the subject - anything more advanced would require high-level mathematics to explain, which is not r......more