Altruism as a problem involving group versus individual selection in economics and biology.

Economists, spellbound by the idea that economic man is inherently self-maximizing, have an almost comic aversion to the idea of altruism. While there are cases in which acts of apparent selflessness can be plausibly written off to enlightened self-interest, the casuist argument that a governess wh...

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Publicado en:American Economic Review Vol. 83; pp. 143 - 149
Autor principal: Samuelson, Paul Anthony
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Economic Association May 1993
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