Reviews for Social and psychological foundations of economic analysis

The average rating for Social and psychological foundations of economic analysis based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-11 00:00:00 Craig Morrison Mick Dawson, the teenage boy from the first two books in this series, is now an adult and an undercover cop. Usually, he keeps himself pretty distant, but he has fallen head over heels in lust/love for a woman he's never met, only seen. Del Piper jogs by the cafe in which he eats every day and he's anxious to get her into bed. When he follows her into a jewelry store to finally meet her, he ends up shot in a robbery, trying to save her life. She of course falls head over heels for him in return, having been thus protected. But there's a lot to learn about each other still, and a lot of obstacles to overcome - trust, accepting the personality quirks and professions of the other, stubbornness, etc. Mick sets out to find out who wants Del dead and tries as much as possible to get Del out of it, which Del doesn't necessarily appreciate. This was a pretty weird set up. I was a bit thrown by it...didn't necessarily dislike it, but it felt strange. I mean, there's definitely insta-lust...but at times I wonder if it isn't insta-love. Mick vacillates between wanting to be with Del forever and just wanting her in bed until he gets her out of his system. Normally, I'd balk at a guy doing whatever he can just to get a woman into bed without stopping to learn anything about her (which he does), but Del was totally on board. These two don't know one thing about one another and their ready to set up house together. She doesn't know the first thing about him and she's inviting him to live at her house while he recuperates - that's strange behavior. And the fact that we don't learn ANYTHING about Del for the first 30-40% of the book except that she jogs and she's a writer, really bothered me because no way could this be love. But I will say, the confidence and gung-ho attitude both of them have towards the sex, made those scenes quite a bit hotter. It isn't until that angsty moment rears its head, where Mick throws Del to the wolves and believes a criminal over her, that things got really good. That was some serious angsty shit going on right there and I was over the moon about it. Finally, I could see where all this insta-love was leading to. They both finally realize that they don't know each other and haven't known each other long enough to trust and they both get quite a wake up call. Of course, neither of them really take that to heart and understand that the reason for this little issue was because they didn't know each other. Del is justifiably hurt at Mick's actions and figures her heart is broken and she'll never be able to forgive him. I was on board with that. But all of Mick's friends throw in their weight towards getting her to forgive him and he's pretty contrite for a few hours and explains why it's so hard for him to trust, and then he reveals that he's been lying to her about his job and she completely forgives him and has sex with him. Which was a major let down because I wanted some grovel, thank you very much. I wanted to see him suffer for a little bit. Just a little. His actions were pretty shitty. He didn't even have to work for any forgiveness. So this was probably the best part of the story, but a bit of a let down in the end. Still good reading though. And on a side note, this story (and many of this author's stories) have what is fast becoming one of my major pet peeves in romance. Time after time, Mick calls the heroine "Delilah," her full name. Time after time, she tells him to call her "Del." She is perfectly clear that "Del" is the name she would prefer and she isn't the least bit wishy-washy about it, nor does she secretly show a preference for the hero's special name for her. But he doesn't care because that's the name he wants to call her. For me this shows a complete lack of respect for the heroine and a REALLY selfish attitude. A person's identity is wrapped up in their name and the name a person calls you is really meaningful. Del actually says she only went by Delilah as her formal name on the books she publishes and when her Dad was angry with her - and that's the name that Mick chooses to use with her? What's the meaning in that? It's not special or sweet to call someone a different name because YOU want to - it's rude. If she'd called him "Mickey" or "Stud-Muffin" in front of his friends just because SHE wanted to, you can bet he'd be stopping that nonsense real quick. She should have done the same.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-27 00:00:00 Ethan Golden After a somewhat disappointing book with Alec and Celia's story, Lori Foster redeemed herself with this one. I loved him in Beguiled as a teen, and I love the grown-up Mick! Del, the women he rescues, is every bit as confident and strong as he is, and they were terrific together. Not even being shot, having surgery and still in a hospital bed was going to stop them, but you gotta do what you gotta do right? Ok, that part was a little strange for me, but after that it was very good. I really liked re-visiting with his "family" ,Dane, Angel, Alec and Celia...call me sentimental, but it was good to know they were all doing so well. I can't help it...sometimes I just get attached to people. Zach and Josh added some comic relief and I look forward to reading about them too, especially Josh. All in all a hot, enjoyable read.