Evolutionary Economics and Human Nature

Edited by the late John Laurent, formerly, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Resources Management, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

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.

‘Through an outstanding collection of essays by leading scholars, John Laurent explains how evolutionary economics has come of age.’
– Viviana de Giovinazzo, Journal of the History of Economic Thought