1st Edition
Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society A Social Species
By Patrick Spread
Copyright 2013
320 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
320 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
320 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society links support-bargaining to Darwin's theory of natural selection and traces the implications of support-bargaining and money-bargaining across society. It provides a wholly different account of the functioning of human societies from anything that has gone before. Social scientists, ever since there have been such people, have missed the crucial human... Read more
1/ The Problem with Natural Selection Chapter 2. Natural Selection and Support-Bargaining 3. Power and Hierarchy Chapter 4. Power Elites and Pluralist Democracy 5. Sexual Selection and Kinship 6. The Evidence for Support-Bargaining 7. Theory Making and Social Darwinism Chapter 8. Common Theory and Personification Chapter 9: Money-Bargaining and the Evolution of Economies 10. Social Symmetries 11. Conclusion
Biography
Patrick Spread obtained his first degree from Oxford University and a PhD from the London Business School. He has worked as an economist extensively in the Pacific, Africa and Asia. He has published three books and several journal articles.
