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In an Uncertain World
Language: en
Pages: 463
Authors: Robert Rubin
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-07 - Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

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Robert Rubin was sworn in as the seventieth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in January 1995 in a brisk ceremony attended only by his wife and a few colleagues. A
Rational Choice in an Uncertain World
Language: en
Pages: 393
Authors: Reid Hastie
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: SAGE

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In the Second Edition of Rational Choice in an Uncertain World the authors compare the basic principles of rationality with actual behaviour in making decisions
Public Policy in an Uncertain World
Language: en
Pages: 218
Authors: Charles F. Manski
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-14 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Manski argues that public policy is based on untrustworthy analysis. Failing to account for uncertainty in an uncertain world, policy analysis routinely mislead
Acting in an Uncertain World
Language: en
Pages: 301
Authors: Michel Callon
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-21 - Publisher: MIT Press

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A call for a new form of democracy in which “hybrid forums” composed of experts and laypeople address such sociotechnical controversies as hazardous waste,
Knowledge in an Uncertain World
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Jeremy Fantl
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This study explores the relation between knowledge, reasons and justification. It argues that you can rely on what you know, since what you know can be a reason