 If a man whose fortune is a thousand pounds (or ringgits) wages five hundred of it on an even bet, the marginal utility of the pound he stands to win is clearly less than the marginal disutility of the one he stands to lose. In genuine deep play, this...  Cognitive Dimensions of Social Science - Seite 38von Mark Turner Professor of English and Member of the Doctoral Faculty in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science University of Maryland - 2001 - 192 SeitenEingeschränkte Leseprobe - Über dieses Buch
 | Paul Rabinow, William M. Sullivan - 1987 - 408 Seiten
...irrational for men to engage in it at all. If a man whose fortune is a thousand pounds (or ringgits) wagers five hundred of it on an even bet, the marginal utility...to lose. In genuine deep play, this is the case for 18. Besides wagering there are other economic aspects of the cockfight, especially its very close connection... | |
 | Chandra Mukerji, Michael Schudson - 1991 - 514 Seiten
...Theory of Legislation. 19 By it he means play in which the stakes are so high that it is, from his utilitarian standpoint, irrational for men to engage...for both parties. They are both in over their heads. Having come together in search of pleasure they have entered into a relationship which will bring the... | |
 | Mark A. Schneider - 1993 - 246 Seiten
...standpoint, irrational for men to engage in it at all. If a man whose fortune is a thousand pounds . . . wages five hundred of it on an even bet, the marginal...for both parties. They are both in over their heads. Having come together in search of pleasure they have entered into a relationship which will bring the... | |
 | Colin Counsell, Laurie Wolf - 2001 - 268 Seiten
...The Theory of Legislation.1 By it he means play in which the stakes are so high that it is, from his utilitarian standpoint, irrational for men to engage...marginal disutility of the one he stands to lose. In 222 genuine deep play, this is the case for both parties. They are both in over their heads. Having... | |
 | Eric Dunning, Dominic Malcolm - 2003 - 438 Seiten
...Theory of Legislation.1'' By it he means play in which the stakes are so high that it is, from his utilitarian standpoint, irrational for men to engage...for both parties. They are both in over their heads. Having come together in search of pleasure they have entered into a relationship which will bring the... | |
 | Da Zhi Zhong - 2004 - 246 Seiten
...the man who wagered half amount of his fortune in an even bet of equal match is irrational, because "the marginal utility of the pound he stands to win...marginal disutility of the one he stands to lose" (Geertz 1973: 433)—say, the greater disutility as not being able to sustain the minimal standard... | |
 | Colin Counsell, Laurie Wolf - 2001 - 268 Seiten
...he stands to win is clearly less than the marginal disutility of the one he stands to lose. In 222 genuine deep play, this is the case for both parties. They are both in over their heads. Having come together in search of pleasure they have entered into a relationship which will bring the... | |
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