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| Acknowledgements | ||
| List of Contributors | ||
| 1 | Introduction: The Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism | 1 |
| 2 | The Common Property Nature of Market-inalienability | 47 |
| 3 | Preference Variation and Private Donations | 78 |
| 4 | Gift Equilibrium and the Liberal Distributive Social Contract: A Tentative Synthesis | 96 |
| 5 | The Theory of Reciprocity | 115 |
| 6 | Equity, Fairness Equilibria and Coordination in the Ultimatum Game | 142 |
| 7 | Fairness and Retaliation | 153 |
| 8 | Transfers, Empathy Formation, and Reverse Transfers | 174 |
| 9 | Things You Don't Give or Sell but Which You Keep: Valuable and Social Objects | 182 |
| 10 | Altruism and Poverty in an African Context | 196 |
| 11 | Intergenerational Transmission Models: A Survey | 207 |
| 12 | Mutual Interest, Self-enforcing Constitutions and Apparent Generosity | 226 |
| 13 | Intergenerational Equity in a Model of Endogenous Growth | 248 |
| 14 | Conflicts within Economic Dynasties: Selfishness versus Descending Altruism | 260 |
| 15 | Tax-transfer Policy with Altruists and Non-altruists | 275 |
| 16 | Strategic and Altruistic Remittances | 285 |
| 17 | Reciprocity with Two-sided Altruism in Integenerational Transfers: Evidence from Indonesian Family Life Survey Data | 298 |
| 18 | The Nature of Two-directional Interegenerational Transfers of Money and Time: An Empirical Analysis | 314 |
| 19 | The Ecology of Altruistic Motivations in Triadic Social Environments | 335 |
| 20 | On the Evolution of Altruism | 352 |
| 21 | Efficiency and Stability of Relationships with Local Altruistic Commitment | 359 |
| Index of Names | 375 | |
| Subject Index | 380 |
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Sue Wellings
reviewed The Economics Of Reciprocity, Giving, And Altruism on November 09, 2010
The Economics Of Reciprocity, Giving, And Altruism
For a truth, about 3/4 of this book is 18th century blabber about corn prices. Of the remaining 1/4, about 1/2 is criticism of mercantilsm, which is mostly obvious and definitely boring.
The remaining 1/8 of the book, however, is worth fighting through the rest for. Even if you've heard the explanation of the "invisible hand" a thousand times, there is something magical about reading the actual words by the father himself:
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages."
"He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it...he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it."
Big time. Seriously.
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