journal article Jul 29, 2015

From the Homo Economicus to the Homo Socialis

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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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Review of Behavioral Economics
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Published
Jul 29, 2015
Vol/Issue
2(1-2)
Pages
67-76
Cite This Article
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
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