Approximating Prudence : Aristotelian Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice
ISBN: 9781137063175
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan
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Subjects: Political Science;

In a unique undertaking, Andrew Yuengert explores and describes the limits to the economic model of the human being, providing an alternative account of human choice, to which economic models can be compared.


ANDREW YUENGERT is a Professor of Economics at Seaver College, Pepperdine University, USA. Professor Yuengert has made research contributions in several fields: economic philosophy, Catholic social teaching, the empirical study of religion, labour economics, and finance. He was recently editor of the journal Faith & Economics. He is the author of two previous books: The Boundaries of Technique: Ordering Positive and Normative Concerns in Economic Research (2004), and Inhabiting the Land: A Case for the Right to Migrate (2004). His most recent essay is 'Roman Catholic Economics,' in The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Economics (2012). He and his wife Elizabeth have three children, and live in Southern California.
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