What is the value of self-interest?

Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2005, vol. 25, issue 3, 254-276

Abstract: The article critically reviews past and current justifications for the theoretical use of the behavioral assumption of self-interest, explanatory, normative, representational and critical, focusing on the critical function. This latter emerges from an incursion into the modern history of ideas and may be shown still to fertilize a number of contemporary economic approaches. JEL Classification: B12; B21; B41; B52.

Keywords: Self-Interest; Adam Smith; Friedrich Hayek; Rational Choice; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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