George Orwell, Doubleness, and the Value of Decency

There has been a marked increase in debate surrounding the issue of the cognitive foundations of economic behavior in recent years. This debate seeks to explain the determinants of a variety of activities such as forecasting economic variables, perception and decision under uncertainty and communication in interactive contexts. This volume, containing contributions from such respected scholars as Patrick Suppes, Michael Bacharach and Adam Brandenburger, critically analyses recent advances in the discipline. Themes covered include The book, under the impressive editorship of Dimitri, Basili and Gilboa, will be of great interest to all those interested in the intersection between psychology and economics as well as many other economic theorists.