Category: ECONOMIC THEORY AND TEACHING

Gender and Risk-Taking Economics, Evidence, and Why the Answer Matters

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By Julie A. Nelson The belief that men and women have fundamentally distinct natures, resulting in divergent preferences and behaviours, is widespread. Recently, economists have also engaged in the search for gender differences, with a number claiming to find fundamental gender differences regarding risk-taking, altruism, and competition. In particular, the idea that “women are more risk-averse […]

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Frugal Value: Designing Business for a Crowded Planet

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by Carina Millstone, Visiting Research Fellow Routledge, July 2017 Order via Routledge This book, by Visiting Research Fellow Carina Millstone, contests the notion that companies can rise to the great challenges of our time by adopting so-called ‘sustainable business’ practices. Instead, the acute ecological crisis requires an all-round rethink of what business does, and how it […]

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Volume 7: Are Humans Misfits in Market Democracies?

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By Robert E. Lane This is the second of a pair of books by Robert Lane. The first was After the End of History: The Curious Fate of American Materialism, published by Michigan Press in 2006. It was the sixth book to appear in a series called “Evolving Values for a Capitalist World”, edited by GDAE Co-Director Neva […]

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