Economy The Case for Adding Darwin to Behavioral Economics As behavioral economics continues to evolve, it would profit from adopting an even broader interdisciplinary…Robert FrankDecember 3, 2020
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Economy Some Pessimistic Advice to an Aspiring Economist The core assumption in modern economics is highly flawed but it can be hard to…Geoffrey HodgsonNovember 26, 2020
Economy Advice to an Aspiring Economist: Introduction This series of essays is a catalyst for change in the economics profession and how…David Sloan WilsonNovember 23, 2020
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BusinessEconomyPolitics How Free-Market Ideology Resulted in the Great Recession The evolutionary principles of variation and selection are relevant to finance because the practices of…Anthony BiglanApril 2, 2020
BusinessCultureEconomyPolitics The Cultural Evolution of Social Pathologies: Introduction to a Series of Essays by Anthony Biglan The fact that evolutionary selection pressures so often result in social pathologies might be hard…David Sloan Wilson, Anthony BiglanFebruary 27, 2020
Economy Beyond Individualism The hardest thing for a fish to see is water. This adage aptly expresses the…David Sloan WilsonDecember 22, 2019