TY - GEN AU - Michael Allingham TI - Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction SN - 9780192803030 U1 - 153.83 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press N1 - Table of Contents 1: Choice and desire 2: Reason and rationality 3: Racing and roulette 4: Gambling and insurance 5: Conflict and cooperation 6: Democracy and Dictatorship N2 - This book explores what it means to be rational in a variety of contexts, from personal decisions to those affecting large groups of people. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources ER -