@ARTICLE{26543120_26554856_2005, author = {Jacques Sapir}, keywords = {, social behaviour, theory of maximizing rationalitytheory of preferences}, title = {New Approaches of the Individual Preferences’ Theory and Its Consequences}, journal = {HSE Economic Journal }, year = {2005}, month = {1}, volume = {9}, number = {3}, pages = {325-360}, url = {https://ej.hse.ru/en/2005-9-3/26554856.html}, publisher = {}, abstract = {The theory of preferences is an actively developing branch of the modern economics. However, this theory, being a cornerstone of the theory of maximizing rationality, has its own limits. Neoclassical economists considered that the hypotheses about structures of preferences, which are necessary for a formulation of a hypothesis of expected utility, will be fair at a level of simple intuition check. The theory of preferences is central for the search of a new paradigm for neoclassical economists and serves as a barrier between the economics in their understanding and social behaviour.}, annote = {The theory of preferences is an actively developing branch of the modern economics. However, this theory, being a cornerstone of the theory of maximizing rationality, has its own limits. Neoclassical economists considered that the hypotheses about structures of preferences, which are necessary for a formulation of a hypothesis of expected utility, will be fair at a level of simple intuition check. The theory of preferences is central for the search of a new paradigm for neoclassical economists and serves as a barrier between the economics in their understanding and social behaviour.} }