Samuel Bowles is een vooraanstaand econoom en onderzoeker wiens werk zich richt op evolutionaire en gedragseconomie. Zijn onderzoek onderzoekt hoe sociale instellingen en menselijk gedrag economische uitkomsten vormgeven. Bowles' publicaties verschijnen in toonaangende academische tijdschriften, en zijn werk draagt aanzienlijk bij aan een dieper begrip van de complexe wisselwerking tussen economie, biologie en maatschappij.
Drawing upon recent advances in evolutionary game theory, contract theory, behavioural experiments and modeling of dynamic processes, Bowles develops a theory about the interraction between economic institutions and individual behaviour.
Incorporating the latest results from behavioral economics and microeconomic theory, Samuel Bowles argues that conventional economics has mistakenly presented inequality as the price of progress. In place of this view, he offers a novel and optimistic account of the possibility of a more just economy.
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