tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post1698865231963108057..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Food bloggingEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-26267392354206165292012-06-12T22:09:20.339-04:002012-06-12T22:09:20.339-04:00Man, I always write so late on this stuff! Thanks ...Man, I always write so late on this stuff! Thanks for the plug -- were y'all aware that I'm totally nutty about sustainable fishing and humane farming? It's going to make being poor while Z is in school very difficult.Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446363533513070147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-10893453288992470862012-04-23T08:57:17.960-04:002012-04-23T08:57:17.960-04:00Well, you could argue that efforts to measure card...Well, you could argue that efforts to measure cardinal utility and ordinal utility, which are descendant of Jeremy Bentham's hedonic calculus, would be an instance where economics has tried to incorporate happiness into its domain.<br /><br />However, efforts to measure happiness in those terms haven't amounted to much, as far as I can tell. I don't know much about Bruno S. Frey's work, but he seems to be deeply pushing happiness research in economics by borrowing techniques from the discipline of psychology.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Revolution-Economics-Munich-Lectures/dp/0262062771/<br /><br />As for Akerlof and Shiller's <i>Animal Spirits</i>, I think it's a good book, but there are some faults in that book that you need to bear in mind whilst reading it. I agree with this review on Amazon.com, which recommends it for purchase despite such faults.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/review/R2SXA6188B8MWF/Blue Auroranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-87003004638905278462012-04-23T08:35:27.344-04:002012-04-23T08:35:27.344-04:00I haven't read the book yet (and actually I st...I haven't read the book yet (and actually I still need to read Akerlof's book with Shiller!), but this all seems right to me. Happiness is already pretty well incorporated isn't it? That's usually what we are thinking in terms of when we talk about preferences, right?<br /><br />But it's also true that constructing an identity informs a lot of how we interact with the world - including, certainly, our purchases. Sounds right to me.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-51408284020833619132012-04-23T08:27:50.653-04:002012-04-23T08:27:50.653-04:00Daniel Kuehn: Speaking of your choices on food, an...Daniel Kuehn: Speaking of your choices on food, and speaking of social values like cosmopolitanism, what do you make of the concept of "Identity Economics"? Economists like George Akerlof, Rachel E. Kranton, and Bruno S. Frey, are on the push to include things like happiness and identity in the economic analysis of decision-making.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Revolution-Economics-Munich-Lectures/dp/0262062771<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Identity-Economics-Identities-Shape-Well-Being/dp/0691146489/Blue Auroranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-59322574439717710842012-04-23T08:24:45.718-04:002012-04-23T08:24:45.718-04:00What is the economic value of having the freedom t...What is the economic value of having the freedom to choose how you spend your money in the private sector?Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.com