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A needed amendment that explains too much and resolves little

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2019

Slavisa Tasic Open the ORCID record for Slavisa Tasic [Opens in a new window]  and
Zeljka Buturovic Open the ORCID record for Zeljka Buturovic [Opens in a new window]
Slavisa Tasic
Affiliation:
The Institute of Economic Sciences, 12 Zmaj Jovina, 11000 Belgrade, Serbiaslavisa.tasic@ien.bg.ac.rshttps://sites.google.com/view/slavisatasic/home
Zeljka Buturovic
Affiliation:
Institute for Social Sciences, Belgrade 11000, Serbia. zbuturovic@idn.org.rshttp://www.idn.org.rs/istr_zeljka_buturovic_eng.php?nav=istr
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Abstract

Baumard's application of Life History Theory to explain the origins of economic growth is a needed amendment to incentive-based explanations of modern economics. However, even though it is grounded in evolution, the theory does not do enough to specify the relevant evolutionary mechanisms. As such, it accommodates too many alternative historic scenarios, yet remains unable to explain divergent regional patterns of economic growth.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e210
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