For much of the 20th century, mainstream economists have treated human agents in their models as if they were rational beings of unbounded computational capacity - the notorious "Homo oeconomieus" of much economic theory. However, the patent inadequacies of this understanding of human nature have become increasingly apparent, and economists have begun looking for more realistic models, incorporating the insights of evolutionary theory. The authors of this book address the question of human nature in economics, examining not only some of the recent writing on this subject in evolutionary...
For much of the 20th century, mainstream economists have treated human agents in their models as if they were rational beings of unbounded computation...
