How Long to Read Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty

How Long Does it Take to Read Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 47 minutes to read Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty by George G. Szpiro

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making in situations of constraint, risk, and scarcity. Yet not all of our choices are purely logical, and so there is a longstanding tension between those emphasizing the rational and irrational sides of human behavior. One strand develops formal models of rational utility maximizing while the other draws on what behavioral science has shown about our tendency to act irrationally. In Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty, George G. Szpiro offers a new narrative of the three-century history of the study of decision making, tracing how crucial ideas have evolved and telling the stories of the thinkers who shaped the field. Szpiro examines economics from the early days of theories spun from anecdotal evidence to the rise of a discipline built around elegant mathematics through the past half century’s interest in describing how people actually behave. Considering the work of Locke, Bentham, Jevons, Walras, Friedman, Tversky and Kahneman, Thaler, and a range of other thinkers, he sheds light on the vast scope of discovery since Bernoulli first proposed a solution to the St. Petersburg Paradox. Presenting fundamental mathematical theories in easy-to-understand language, Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty is a revelatory history for readers seeking to grasp the grand sweep of economic thought.

How long is Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty?

Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty by George G. Szpiro is 403 pages long, and a total of 101,959 words.

This makes it 136% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 17 minutes to read Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty aloud.

What Reading Level is Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty?

Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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