fairness

God and Mammon Both Teach Fairness

Michael Giberson In a study encompassing several distinct populations, Joseph Henrich and collaborators conclude that both participation in markets and belief in a world religion promote fairness norms that facilitate emergence of large-scale societies.  The study was described in a recent issue of The Economist: For the evolutionarily minded, the existence of fairness is a …

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Unfair Prices and Moral Progress

Michael Giberson Unfair Prices Daniel Little, at Understanding Society, asks about “Fair Prices?”  In exploring the topic he draws some upon E.P. Thompson’s studies of the English working class: E. P. Thompson’s work on early modern Britain reminds us that there was a “moral economy of the crowd” that profoundly challenged the legitimacy of the …

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