On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 03:45:40PM -0800, Fred Foldvary wrote:
--- fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By that logic, animals are economic
actors - animals seem to choose their actions.
To some degree, to the degree that choice is involved, some animals are
economic actors.
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From: fabio guillermo rojas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 10:46 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Babynomics
Question: At what can humans engage in economic behavior? Are there
studies showing when children learn to trade ?
Fabio
Humans start
Question: At what can humans engage in economic behavior? Are there
studies showing when children learn to trade ?
Fabio
Humans start to engage in economic behavior as soon as they are born.
Trade is not a necessary characteristic of economic behavior. The issue is
rather whether
they
never do.
Jason
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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:45:59 -0600 (CST)
From: fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Babynomics
Question: At what can humans engage in economic behavior
Oh, come on!! Animals are economic actors only in the most general sense.
Animals are economic actors.
as to:
For example, at what age are children able to understand
the concept of interest?- any baby knows that something is better now
then tommorrow.
That's not the same as interest.
--- fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By that logic, animals are economic
actors - animals seem to choose their actions.
To some degree, to the degree that choice is involved, some animals are
economic actors.
However, most animals seem to be controlled by genetic programming
Fabio-
You may profit from visiting the page of an old prof.
of mine at Oregon,
http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/index.htm , specifically,
his Nanoeconomics? Pedianomics? The Economic Behavior
of Children Homepage, http://nanoeconomics.org/ .
I'm not sure what help it will be, but it's the best I
can
This is a great page! It's exactly what I was lookign for. Fabio
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, john hull wrote:
Fabio-
You may profit from visiting the page of an old prof.
of mine at Oregon,
http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/index.htm , specifically,
his Nanoeconomics? Pedianomics? The Economic
Question: At what can humans engage in economic behavior? Are there
studies showing when children learn to trade ?
Fabio
Humans start to engage in economic behavior as soon as they are born.
Trade is not a necessary characteristic of economic behavior. The issue is
rather whether infants
