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Neuro-Economics or homo economicus?

adonis49 wrote 1 day ago: Neuro-Economics? (Jan. 3, 2010) That’s correct.  It is no longer micro-economics, macro-economics, c … more →

Tags: Social articles, Book Reviews, Professional Articles, politics/finance Today, engineering/research, Economy/Finance, Economy, Politics, Sociology

Ten Climate Change Lies, Myths and Misconceptions (9)

feww wrote 3 weeks ago: Climate Change Lie # 9 Mobilizing Forces to Fight Climate Change Profile of the “Climate Chang … more →

Tags: collapse, Barack Obama, 10 Climate Change Lies, modern economic theory, climate change, Al Gore, "Just" War???, Climate Change Lies, Freud

The interactive diagram

PE wrote 2 months ago: Here is how Callon defines homo economicus 2.0 in terms of Barry’s notion of the “intera … more →

Tags: Actor Network Theory, Economic Sociology, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Callon, STS, Andrew Barry, interactive diagram

Homo economicus 2.01 comment

PE wrote 2 months ago: In the June 2004 issue of the Economic Sociology Newsletter [PDF] the following exchange took place … more →

Tags: Actor Network Theory, Economic Sociology, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Callon, Michel Foucault, social theory, STS, Agencement, Laurent Thévenot

The hands are all I know...

Agnes wrote 2 months ago: Just when I thought the invisible hands of the market were maimed by the reformed Keynesian thinkers … more →

Tags: Climate Change conscience

CHINA chinwag [Tianjin Travelogue by The Infected One, 5.2]2 comments

tmabona wrote 2 months ago: When the Infected One arrives at the terrifying McDo to order an Egg-burger, before he even gets a c … more →

Tags: China Chinwag, Travelogue, Fun, China, People's Republic of China, The Infected One, Smile, Travelling, homo ludens

paper: Homo economicus

ocmpoma wrote 3 months ago: Homo Economicus and Zoon Politikon: Behavioral Game Theory and Political Behavior … more →

Tags: Gintis Herbert, Bowles Samuel, Economics, Behavioral Science, Game Theory

Behavioral economics, taxes, and health care

Benjamin Seghers wrote 3 months ago: In my previous post (Keynes vs. the Chicago school of economics), I posted a link to an article writ … more →

Tags: Economics, Politics, taxes, Health Care, Paul Krugman, Behavioral Economics, Rationality, economic behavior

Why Our Federal Gov't Unravelled, Part 26 comments

E.L. Beck wrote 3 months ago: I touched on civic engagement in Part 1. Here, I look at why civic engagement is important – e … more →

Tags: Politics, Nation, E. L. Beck, Local Politics, George Washington, Liberty, Civic Engagement, civic virtue, John Adams

Prophecy of the Matrix

Reinaert de V. wrote 6 months ago: Photo : kirainet With hindsight a better title might have been: “Change we can Believe in … more →

Tags: Film Fanatic, Prophecy of the Matrix, Review, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, ending, transcendental idealism, Philosophy, Martin Heidegger

JENIS-JENIS HOMO 3 comments

wongalus wrote 7 months ago: Merenung tentang manusia, sungguh mengasyikkan. Polahnya lucu, menggemaskan, taat, usil, menjengkelk … more →

Tags: Filsafat Manusia, homo mechanicus, Homo Erectus, homo ludens, Homo Faber, Homo sapiens, animal rationale, animal symbolicum, homo recentis

Wherewithal To Pay

Rags Srinivasan wrote 7 months ago: My next work on behavioral economics is about  pricing effects in changed economic conditions. Here … more →

Tags: Consumer Behavior, Pricing, Behavioral Economics, Willingness to Pay, Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational, rational choice

Network: The world is a business

popularsymbolism wrote 8 months ago: “The movies and television lead him [Man] straight into an artificial paradise. Rather than fa … more →

Tags: Movies, Network, anti-establishment, counter-culture, howard beale, Jacques Driencourt, Jacques Ellul, Jim Cramer, jon stewart

Externalities2 comments

K. M. wrote 9 months ago: My last post on Social Planning did not address the issue of externalities as well as I would have l … more →

Tags: concepts, capitalism, Government, Economics, social planning, Externalities, Government Spending, Short-sightedness, George Reisman

Extinction of Homo Economicus - Temporary or Permanent?6 comments

Dev wrote 9 months ago: Agents, Brokers, Middlemen… Remember them?? I bet you do. We can very easily forget those who … more →

Tags: Business, technology, recession, Google, Future, agents, Brokers, Middlemen, End

Some Worthless Free Market Talk

Michael wrote 11 months ago: Andrew Sullivan lets his inner conservative out for air: My fundamental concern with the stimulus is … more →

Tags: Policy, Economics, free market, andrew sullivan, Medicare, Social Security

Social brains, social networks, big ideas and social change4 comments

harrylam wrote 11 months ago: The Social Brain project tries to wed together three elements:   1) big ‘paradigm ideas’ … more →

Tags: individualism, Social Networks, Social brain, economic man, Shiller, groupthink, Hobbes, Locke, dunbar's number

Tagged by Gary

That Other Mike wrote 1 year ago: Gary tagged me with the sets of questions which John at Homo economicus’s weblog tagged him wi … more →

Tags: Politics, Atheism, gary murning, Meme, splendid elles, Questions

Memetic Tags: Chalmer

Metro State Atheists wrote 1 year ago: I was tagged by the Splendid Elles Can You Remember The Day That You Officially Became An Atheist? I … more →

Tags: Blurb, Atheism, God, Theology, splendid elles, *Elles, Memes, atheist, Agnosticism


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