Economic models are not evolutionary models

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (6):836-836 (2005)
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Abstract

Henrich et al. reject the within a narrowly-defined economic model, and are premature in claiming that they have demonstrated cross-cultural variability in as defined in broader evolutionary theory. We also question whether a key experimental condition, anonymity, can be maintained in the small, cohesive, social groupings employed in the study

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