Beyond market behavior: Evolved cognition and folk political economic beliefs

Beyond market behavior: Evolved cognition and folk political economic beliefs

Boyer & Petersen (B&P) lay out a compelling theory for folk-economic beliefs, focusing on beliefs about markets. However, societies also allocate resources through mechanisms involving power and group decision-making (e.g., voting), through the political economy. We encourage future work to...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2018, Vol.41, p.e160, Article e160
Hauptverfasser: Andrews, Talbot M., Delton, Andrew W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Climate change
Cognitive ability
Decision making
Environmental policy
Exploitation
Open Peer Commentary
Political leadership
Politics
Pollution
Pollution control
Power
Regulation
Researchers
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Zusammenfassung:Boyer & Petersen (B&P) lay out a compelling theory for folk-economic beliefs, focusing on beliefs about markets. However, societies also allocate resources through mechanisms involving power and group decision-making (e.g., voting), through the political economy. We encourage future work to keep folk political economic beliefs in mind, and sketch an example involving pollution and climate change mitigation policy.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X18000262