Description
About the Author
Ivan Moscati is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Insubria, Varese, and teaches History of Economics at Bocconi University, Milan. His articles have been published in a range of journals in economics, history of economic thought, and economic methodology, and one of them was awarded the Best Article Award of the History of Economics Society.
Reviews
...the book is strikingly precise and sharp...It provides a compendium of past ideas on measurement that is nearly exhaustive. * Thomas Muller, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought *
Measuring Utility is the most comprehensive history of utility measurement in economics that currently exists. * Catherine Herfeld, Economics & Philosophy *
[Measuring Unity] should be read by any researcher making use of the concept of utility in their work, but I think it has a much broader appeal. I cannot think of another work in behavioral economics that so carefully scrutinizes the emergence of a key idea and gives us the knowledge needed to further develop our own thinking. Moscati's book will be very influential. * Daniel Read, Journal of Economic Literature *
Modern ideas on utility, including behavioral and choiceless interpretations, cannot be understood without knowing the past, including the marginal and ordinal revolutions. This book, written by the greatest historian on these topics, gives a full and perfect account. It is a must for everyone who really wants to understand modern economics. * Peter Wakker, Professor in Behavioral Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam *
For almost a century, from the 1880s until the 1970s, the best minds in economic theory struggled to solve the problem of measurability of utility.During this long journey they not only provided new mathematical foundations to Neoclassical economics, but also redefined its boundaries, and changed the very notion of measurement that lies at the core of contemporary science. Reconstructing the story of this remarkable achievement, Ivan Moscati has made a lasting contribution both to the history and to the philosophy of science. * Francesco Guala, University of Milan *
Ivan Moscati has given us an extremely important history of utility theory, measurement theory, and the relationship between the two for the period from the marginal revolution in the 1870s to the behavioral economics revolution in the mid-1980s. It is a badly needed book, on a very important topic, that deals with difficult interdisciplinary material, and it is brilliantly executed. * D. Wade Hands, University of Puget Sound *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199372775
Author Ivan Moscati
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 476g
Dimensions(mm) 152mm * 231mm * 20mm