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100	1		_aColic-Peisker, Val _914317
245	1	4	_aThe age of post-rationality : _blimits of economic reasoning in the 21st century _cVal Colic-Peisker, Adrian Flitney
260			_aMelbourne : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _cc2018.
300			_axiv, 253 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. A rational society Chapter 3. The tyranny of competition Chapter 4. Hyper-consumption and inequality Chapter 5. The great gamble of global finance vs. the real economy Chapter 6. Economic rationality vs. the Earth Chapter 7. The promise and threat of the Internet age Chapter 8. Conclusion: Into a bright post-capitalist future?.
520			_aThis book challenges the hegemonic view that economic calculation represents the ultimate rationality. The West legitimises its global dominance by the claim to be a rational, democratic, science-based and progressive civilisation. Yet, over the past decades, the dogma of economic rationality has become an ideological black hole whose gravitational pull allows no public debate or policy to escape. Political leaders of all creeds are held in its orbit and public language is saturated by it. This dogma has pervaded all spheres of life, ushering the age of post-rationality, especially in English speaking countries. The authors discuss several aspects of post-rational global capitalism still dominated by the Anglosphere: hyper-competition, hyper-consumption, inequality, volatile global financial markets, environmental degradation and the unforeseen effects of the internet-mediated communication revolution. The book concludes by discussing some utopian and dystopian future scenarios and asking whether the West can transcend its crisis of rationality.
650		0	_aRational expectations (Economic theory) _y21st century _914318
650		0	_aEconomics _y21st century _914319
700	1		_aFlitney, Adrian _914771
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