Hopefully Anonymous writes: I don’t think “choice” is a central concept to economics. It seems pretty easy to me to reimagine every major economic theory of which I’m aware without “choosing” occuring.
If a person chooses a certain bundle of goods (ex. 2 apples, 3 bananas) while another bundle of goods is affordable (ex. 3 apples, 2 bananas), then we say that the first bundle is revealed preferred to the second.
What do you propose doing about that? Keep in mind that I agree with Eliezer—my disagreement is with Knecht. So if your answer is to play Rationalist’s taboo against the word ‘choice’, then you’re not disagreeing with what I intended to say.
Hopefully Anonymous writes: I don’t think “choice” is a central concept to economics. It seems pretty easy to me to reimagine every major economic theory of which I’m aware without “choosing” occuring.
Well, okay. Let me see what you mean. Let’s start with revealed preference:
What do you propose doing about that? Keep in mind that I agree with Eliezer—my disagreement is with Knecht. So if your answer is to play Rationalist’s taboo against the word ‘choice’, then you’re not disagreeing with what I intended to say.