Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction

· Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Mike Cooper
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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 the author

Michael Allingham is a Fellow and the Senior Tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford. He 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 and Value.

Mike Cooper is a British voice talent who left big-city life in London for a log cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Mike is recognizable from his years with the BBC World Service, and as the narrator of countless television documentaries.

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