Thursday, June 25, 2015

David Sloan Wilson, Robert Kadar, and Joe Brewer — A New Powell Memo


Neoclassical economics and Austrian economics that assume methodological individualism and rational unity maximization are in conflict with evolutionary theory. When such views form the the basis for neoliberalism as a political theory and are used in policy formulation, they result in in anti-evolutionary outcomes that threaten the welfare and even existence of the species.

Social Evolution Forum
A New Powell Memo
David Sloan Wilson ,SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University and Arne Næss Chair in Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo, Robert Kadar is founding editor of This View of Life and the co-founder of Evonomics, and Joe Brewer is a complexity researcher who specializes in culture design. He is culture editor for This View of Life and co-founder of Evonomics
ht IDEA Economics: Institute for Dynamic Economic Analysis

5 comments:

Matt Franko said...

Maybe the 1% are going to branch off and form a new superior species. ... the 99% will become like chimpanzees are to humans....

Matt Franko said...

How can there exist an "anti evolutionary outcome" ?

This is an oxymoron term.

Things will just evolve according to random chance mutation ... How can there be an anti outcome of that?

Whatever happens... Happens...

How do the evolution people not know that the 1% could just be the start of a new species?

Why would an evolution person argue against the 1%?

Matt Franko said...

Tom we still have orangatangs and chimpanzees.... Those didn't go away when humans evolved...

If the 1% are becoming a new advanced species then that doesn't mean the old species of the 99% have to go away...

Ignacio said...

The 1% are not genetically different than the 99%. There are many species where there are social strata and inequality (including chimps btw).

Stop talking non-sense :P

Tom Hickey said...

How can there exist an "anti evolutionary outcome" ?

If it is assumed that whatever happens is "evolutionary," then substitute "failed experiment" for "anti-evolutionary."

Nice try, Nature. Better luck next time.