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Economic models are not evolutionary models
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Economic models are not evolutionary models

Roger J Sullivan and Henry F Lyle, III
The Behavioral and brain sciences, Vol.28(6), pp.836-836
12/2005
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12741/rep:5306
PMID: 16372975

Abstract

Open Peer Commentary
Henrich et al. reject the “selfishness axiom” within a narrowly-defined economic model, and are premature in claiming that they have demonstrated cross-cultural variability in “selfishness” as defined in broader evolutionary theory. We also question whether a key experimental condition, anonymity, can be maintained in the small, cohesive, social groupings employed in the study.

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