Predictably Rational?: In Search of Defenses for Rational Behavior in Economics (Paperback)

Economists' "Irrational Passion for Dispassionate Rationality".- The Methodological Constraints on the Rationality Premise.- Human Motivation and Adam Smith's "Invisible Hands".- Rationality in Economic Thought: From Thomas Robert Malthus to Alfred Marshall and Philip Wicksteed.- Rationality in Economic Thought: Frank Knight, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and James Buchanan.- Behavioral Economists, and Psychologists' Challenges to Rational Behavior.- The Evolutionary Biology of Rational Behavior.- The Neuroeconomics of Rational Decision Making.- Economic Defenses for Rational Behavior in Economics.- Problems with Behavioral Economics.- Rationality and Economic Education.