Book contents
- Economic Life in the Real World
- Economic Life in the Real World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two Decisions
- Three Substantivist Economic Psychology
- Four Life Plans and Learning
- Five Self-Education as the End of Economic Life
- Six The Politics of Cognition
- Seven Number and Structure
- References
- Index
Seven - Number and Structure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2019
Book contents
- Economic Life in the Real World
- Economic Life in the Real World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two Decisions
- Three Substantivist Economic Psychology
- Four Life Plans and Learning
- Five Self-Education as the End of Economic Life
- Six The Politics of Cognition
- Seven Number and Structure
- References
- Index
Summary
returns to the question of number and numeracy that was first alluded to in the Introduction and that plays an important part in the psychology of economic life. The author draws attention to the complex way in which a ‘qualitative mathematics’ factors into Chinese understandings of economic life and economic agency.
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- Economic Life in the Real WorldLogic, Emotion and Ethics, pp. 172 - 183Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020