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American Economic Review 1985

Modes of thought in economics and biology

Samuelson Pa

Abstract

The relationship between sociobiology and economics is examined with particular reference the study of population. The author attempts to illustrate by some examples involving sex ratios how unalike (and alike) are the deductive paradigms common economics (and perhaps sociology) and those of sociobiology and genetic demography. (EXCERPT)

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