{"product_id":"choice-theory-a-very-short-introduction-9780192803030","title":"Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction","description":"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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael 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 previous books include \u003cem\u003eEquilibrium and Disequilibrium\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGeneral Equilibrium\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eValue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnconscious Contracts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTheory of Markets\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRational Choice\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543476441362,"sku":"9780192803030","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_844651e0-16ec-4abc-a798-0b7ec2c0a51b.jpg?v=1731509406","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/choice-theory-a-very-short-introduction-9780192803030","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}