The mind of the market compassionate apes, competitive humans, and other tales from evolutionary economics
In this eye-opening exploration, author and psychologist Michael Shermer uncovers the evolutionary roots of our economic behavior. Drawing on the new field of neuroeconomics, Shermer investigates what brain scans reveal about bargaining, snap purchases, and establishing trust in business. He scrutin...
| Main Author: | Shermer, Michael. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Times Books,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Economics for everyone
- The great leap forward
- Our folk economics
- Bottom-up capitalism
- Of pandas, products, and people
- Minding our money
- The extinction of homo economicus
- The value of virtue
- Why money can't buy you happiness
- Trust with credit verification
- The science of good rules
- Don't be evil
- Free to choose
- Epilogue: To open the world.