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Adam Smith's Theory of Human Nature

In: Evolutionary Economics and Human Nature

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  • Athol Fitzgibbons

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The authors address the question of human nature in economics, examining not only some of the recent writing on this subject in evolutionary psychology and related disciplines, but also the ideas of important thinkers in the Western intellectual tradition. Beginning with the ancient Greeks and progressing to the modern day, the contributors explore the works of such thinkers as Augustine, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Alfred Marshall and Kenneth Boulding.

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  • Athol Fitzgibbons, 2003. "Adam Smith's Theory of Human Nature," Chapters, in: John Laurent (ed.), Evolutionary Economics and Human Nature, chapter 3, pages 63-73, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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