We make choices all the time
- about trivial matters about how to spend our money about how to spend our time about what to do with our lives & we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational But what kind of criteria are we applying when we say that a choice is rational? What guides our own choices especially in cases where we don't have complete information about the outcomes? What strategies should be applied in making decisions which affect a lot of people as in the case of government policy? This book explores what it means to be rational in all these contexts It introduces ideas from economics philosophy & other areas showing how the theory applies to decisions in everyday life & to particular situations such as gambling & the allocation of resources ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable