From the
                    Homo Economicus
                    to the
                    Homo Socialis

Mauro Gallegati

doi:10.1561/105.00000018

journal article Jul 29, 2015

From the Homo Economicus to the Homo Socialis

Mauro Gallegati

Review of Behavioral Economics Vol. 2 No. 1-2 pp. 67-76 · Emerald

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Abstract

The economic agent is different from her natural counterpart, the atom, since she behaves the way she wants and not only in the way she must. This is not an irrelevant detail because it requires the social scientist not to draw analytical tools from hard sciences as they are, but it compels to suitably adapt techniques to social phenomena, or finding newer and sounder ones. Gintis and Helbing start on a journal in that direction.

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Published: Jul 29, 2015
Vol/Issue: 2(1-2)
Pages: 67-76

Authors

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Mauro Gallegati

Università Politecnica delle Marche DiSES, , Ancona, Italy

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Mauro Gallegati (2015). From the Homo Economicus to the Homo Socialis. Review of Behavioral Economics, 2(1-2), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1561/105.00000018

From the Homo Economicus to the Homo Socialis

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