A theory of how evolved psychology underpins attitudes towards societal economics must go beyond exchanges and averages

TY - JOUR

T1 - A theory of how evolved psychology underpins attitudes towards societal economics must go beyond exchanges and averages

AU - Sheehy-Skeffington, Jennifer

AU - Thomsen, Lotte

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - We applaud Boyer & Petersen for the advancement of an ultimate explanation of the dynamics of folk-economic beliefs and the political actions linked to them. To our mind, however, key inference systems regulating societal interaction and resource distribution evolved for more core relations than those of proportionate exchange, and situational factors are not the only constraints on how such systems produce economic beliefs.

AB - We applaud Boyer & Petersen for the advancement of an ultimate explanation of the dynamics of folk-economic beliefs and the political actions linked to them. To our mind, however, key inference systems regulating societal interaction and resource distribution evolved for more core relations than those of proportionate exchange, and situational factors are not the only constraints on how such systems produce economic beliefs.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065783716&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X18000535

DO - 10.1017/S0140525X18000535

M3 - Comment/debate/letter to the editor

C2 - 31064508

SN - 0140-525X

VL - 41

SP - e187

JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences

JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences

M1 - e187

ER -