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November 14, 2013

Alan Greenspan, Human Nature, And Charles Darwin

Chairman Greenspan again uses the wrong model of human nature.Terry Burnham's response to Alan Greenspan's <em><a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140161/alan-greenspan/never-saw-it-coming"><strong>Never Saw It Coming</strong></a></em> at <a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140161/alan-greenspan/never-saw-it-coming"><strong>Foreign Affairs</strong>.</a>

February 25, 2012

The New Science of Cooperation: England’s Cooperative Empire

The public narrative of unregulated self-interest is so dominant and oppressive that proponents of cooperation are made to appear like “freaks”

February 18, 2012

Back to Basics with Social Theory

Our economy is built on competition – but, really, we are collaborators.

June 12, 2012

Farewell, Lin Ostrom

The world lost a great human being in the passing of Elinor Ostrom.

July 2, 2012

Lipstick, the Recession and Evolutionary Psychology

Our findings confirmed that the lipstick effect is not only real, but deeply rooted in women’s mating psychology.

July 23, 2012

Punishing Cheaters: Are We the Dark Knight—Or Just Dark?

If you could confront the pickpocket who ripped you off in the subway, would you simply demand your wallet back, or would you seek vengeance?

August 12, 2012

“It’s A Boy!” What Does Evolutionary Theory Have To Do With Your Car?

We apply the same facial judgments to cars as we do to human faces.

August 16, 2012

The Science of Spite Explained

People consistently chose to be vengeful or kind, with little in between, the researchers found.

September 1, 2012

The Evolution of Fairness

Can examining how inequality began in a hunter-gatherer society teach us how to fairly share the costs and consequences of how we use diminishing natural resources?

August 22, 2012

Monkey Angrily Rejects Unequal Pay

We don't expect animals to understand human "inventions" like economics. Should we?

February 12, 2013

The New Invisible Hand

The invisible hand does not exist - at least in its modern incarnation.