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BEYOND GROWTH: RETHINKING CUSTOMS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE [PDF]
TramesThe Anthropocene is not only a geological concept, but also an epistemological and ethical category that addresses a civilisational challenge. This article argues that homo economicus â the dominant figure in classical economics â is the anthropos ...
Mauricio Gallardo
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A NEW PARADIGMA OF THE ECONOMICAL AGENT. FROM ADAM SMITHS HOMO ECONOMICUS TO HOMO GENEROSUS BASED ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2010 Analyzed form outside, many actions of the economical agent seem to be impulse by the self interest. As a prototype of this kind of person we have the Homo economicus as Adam Smith described it. In a blitz portrait we identify some characteristics: he is
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Homo Economicus as the Basis of “Asgardia” Nation State in Space: Perspective of Educational Technologies [PDF]
Future Human Image, 2017 This paper considers the perspective of using the concept of Homo economicus as a cultural ideal. According to the authors, modern educational technologies must be directed to achieve this cultural ideal.
Roman Oleksenko, Lidiia Fedorova
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Homines Diversi: Heterogeneous Earner Behaviors in the Platform Economy
Sociologica, 2021 The platform economy has entered its second decade, and researchers are developing new theorizations of it as an economic form. One important feature is a heterogeneous labor force with respect to hours of work. In this paper, we identify another type of
Mehmet Cansoy +3 more
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Paradigma Perkembangan Akuntansi Islam
JAS (Jurnal Akuntansi Syariah), 2019 The limitations of the human mind and also the various interests which always refers to the mundane aspects, then all rules in the order of economic and business cannot be released granted to man to design these rules without any ropes of restraint as a ...
Muhammad Fadhil Junery
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Default Effect in ESG Investment: When a Recommendation Goes a Long Way
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Individual investors display a positive attitude toward ESG investments but typically fail to act upon it. We report results from a preregistered online experiment testing a default option on 1050 US investors examining the mechanisms driving the effectiveness of default options in promoting ESG investments.
Sai Sravanthi Ramadugula +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reversing dominant unsustainable business practices requires a fundamental shift in how business practitioners perceive and enact sustainability. Management education is crucial for preparing prospective business professionals to lead this change, yet traditional curricula often perpetuate unsustainable paradigms.
Justo Alberto Ramírez‐Franco +2 more
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Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
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Homo economicus in visual search
Journal of Vision, 2009 How do reward outcomes affect early visual performance? Previous studies found a suboptimal influence, but they ignored the non-linearity in how subjects perceived the reward outcomes. In contrast, we find that when the non-linearity is accounted for, humans behave optimally and maximize expected reward.
Navalpakkam, Vidhya +2 more
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Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
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