Review of Economic Motives (A Study in the Psychological Foundations of Economic Theory

Abstract

Reviews the book, Economic Motives (A Study in the Psychological Foundations of Economic Theory, With Some References to Other Social Sciences) by Zenas Clark Dickinson (1922). The field that Professor Dickinson aims to cover "may be called the psychological problems and postulates of economics, which are most conspicuous, of course, in the matter relating to wants, self-interest, value, interest and wages." The main purpose of the book "is to gather up whatever material is to be found in psychological science that offers help in dealing with the above problems, and to present this material briefly in a manner intelligible to the economist or other social scientist" (p. v). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)