Cover -- An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and preview -- Part I Greed and love -- 1 Individual materialism, organizations, and power: The view[3pt] from mainstream economics...

This paper reviews the history of the practice of quarantines, rediscovering the 19th century 'Sanitarian' movement in Britain that sprang from a recognition that quarantines had failed to stop the spread of diseases and were not cost-effective. To our knowledge, the key figure among the...

This paper reviews the history of the practice of quarantines, rediscovering the 19th century 'Sanitarian' movement in Britain that sprang from a recognition that quarantines had failed to stop the spread of diseases and were not cost-effective. To our knowledge, the key figure among the...