Why we misunderstand the economy: the Boyer @MndsMkSocieties and Petersen @M_B_Petersen theory condensed to two pages, in the @newscientist [unfortunately the sub-editor just HAD to use the awful word "wired" ... aaargh]https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931961-300-why-your-brain-is-hardwired-to-be-bad-at-economics-and-how-to-fix-it/ …
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Paywall indeed. Prof. @MndsMkSocieties, can we read this piece in full anywhere?
Sorry about the paywall... the article with @M_B_Petersen is available (in draft form) at http://pascalboyer.net/articles/2018BoyerPetersenFolk-Econ.pdf … . We try to explain why people have some folk-econ beliefs. Whether those are right, agree with micro-econ theory, is not our main focus. Enjoy!
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Thanks! I read the BBS paper and even submitted a commentary with
@Stblancke, but we are not among the elect this time. :-) This is actually the point we were taking issue with: is it possible to neatly separate the psychological explanations of beliefs from their truth value? /1 -
This, of course, parallels the debate in CSR. Many scholars want to remain agnostic about the truth value of religious claims. But suppose the God of Christianity really did exist. Would our explanation or the emergence & spread of Christianity not look radically different? /2
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