The utilitarian foundations of the economic approach to human behavior
The economic approach to the study of human behavior has been presented by its foremost representative as the most effective method of studying social phenomena. Gary Becker's view supposes that, on the one hand, all social phenomena can be explained as a consequence of individual actions and,...
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Hurtado Prieto, Jimena
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- Gary Becker
Jeremy Bentham
Economic imperialism
Principle of utility
Bentham, Jeremy - 1748-1832 - Crítica e interpretación
Becker, Gary Stanley - 1930
Utilitarismo - Aspectos económicos
Teoría económica
A12, B19, B31
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