The economics revolution based on moral psychology and links to other interesting news and views
The Moral Identity of Homo Economicus - Project Syndicate
Slaves to a myth - Dublin Review of Books
New Zealand’s Hip, Young Prime Minister Comes Complete with a Tech-Savvy Cat - Vanity Fair
The importance of not sticking to your guns: Boris Johnson’s family lessons - Times Literary Supplement
Two recent books – Identity Economics by Nobel laureate George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton and The Moral Economy by Sam Bowles – indicate that a quiet revolution is challenging the foundations of the dismal science, promising radical changes in how we view many aspects of organizations, public policy, and even social life. As with the rise of behavioral economics (which already includes six Nobel laureates among its leaders), this revolution emanates from psychology. But while behavioral economics relies on cognitive psychology, this one is rooted in moral psychology.In Texas And Beyond, Mass Shootings Have Roots In Domestic Violence - NPR
Slaves to a myth - Dublin Review of Books
The notion that large numbers of Irish immigrants were once slaves has been mobilised by the American alt-right to deflect from historical and contemporary racism while simultaneously promoting a white nationalist agenda based on claims of white victimhood.‘Donald & Shinzo’ chumminess aside, Trump leaves empty-handed on trade as Abe digs in - Japan Times
New Zealand’s Hip, Young Prime Minister Comes Complete with a Tech-Savvy Cat - Vanity Fair
Hi, I'm Paddles and I am the First Cat of New Zealand. I have opposable thumbs, I'm purrty special. pic.twitter.com/MPkxdhWCRu— Paddles (@FirstCatofNZ) October 21, 2017
Alev Scott considers what links Boris Johnson to his great-grandfather Ali Kemal BeyThe Trump Administration’s Looming Political Crisis - The New Yorker
It’s been a chaotic year since the election. But the Mueller investigation signals that the most eventful days are still ahead.After WhatsApp threat, Indonesia steps up Internet obscenity purge - Reuters
Indonesia said on Tuesday it will summon executives of messaging services and search engines, including Google, to demand they remove obscene content, but dropped a threat to block WhatsApp Messenger after “GIF” images were taken off the service.Global real interest rates since 1311: Renaissance roots and rapid reversals - Bank Underground blog of Bank of England
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