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Radical contingency in sharing behavior and its consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2005

Todd Davies*
Affiliation:
Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305-2150http://www.stanford.edu/~davies

Abstract

The data of Henrich et al., when combined with other research, suggest that sharing behavior probably varies systematically across cultures, situations, and individuals. Economic policies founded on recognition of this “radical contingency” would, I argue, nurture economic pluralism rather than attempting to bring the world under one system.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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Notes

1. This term has appeared in various disciplines with somewhat different meanings previously. I am not alluding to any particular previous usage.