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Can biologists fix economics?

By Research Advancement • Jul 24, 2015 • Research In The News•   

The selfishness of humans is a central assumption of orthodox economics, but evolutionary biologists see cooperation as part of our success as a species. Binghamton biologist David Sloan Wilson talks to New Scientist about the beginning of a new movement to rework economics using tools from other scientific disciplines.

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