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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy



Jay Hanson  <jhanson@ilhawaii.net> wrote:

>By Darwinian lights, Democracy and Capitalism are no more than
> formalized battles over sex and food. 

Jay might want to read some of what biologists and economists have written
on the interaction between genetic and "memetic" evolution in human
societies, although it is interesting to see him coming down square on
the side of naive sociobiology.  He may then want to continue his
readings by examining the concept that market interactions are not
zero-sum (and hence not "battles") and the literature on the evolution
of cooperation.

-- 
Chris Auld                               Department of Economics
Internet: auld@qed.econ.queensu.ca       Queen's University
Office:   (613)545-6000 x4398            Kingston, ON   K7L 3N6   


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