Liagouras, George - In: Cambridge Journal of Economics 33 (2009) 6, pp. 1047-1064
The paper questions the idea that a biology-based perspective, and more specifically Darwinian population thinking, constitutes a real alternative for the study of the evolution of social systems. This is done through a critical appraisal of the work of Thorstein Veblen. Even though Veblen's...