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British economist; professor at the Toulouse School of Economics and former director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse; author of The Company of Strangers, The War of the Sexes and The Divine Economy.
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The Origins of VirtueBook Matt Ridley
I think the best analogy that applies to Ridley’s The Origins of Virtue is with doctors studying the human body.
Five Books interview: the best books on Evolution and Human Cooperation
2012-07-24·fivebooks.com ↗
Peacemaking Among PrimatesBook Frans de Waal
Peacemaking Among Primates says that fighting and reconciliation are not incomprehensible pathologies of modern society.
Five Books interview: the best books on Evolution and Human Cooperation
2012-07-24·fivebooks.com ↗
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