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JS: What are those concepts? What do we need for groups to be more kind, helpful, and cooperative? PA: There are eight design principles in our book that help groups to act more cooperatively [for the common good]. Greater Good MagazineHow Can We Cooperate When the Pandemic Is Driving Us Apart? Jill Suttie interviews Paul Atkins, coauthor of the new book Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups.

I am surprised that Geoffrey Hodgson would make an elementary error in argument by taking an arbitrary definition as an absolute criterion. His argument actually says that those he is opposing are using the term "public good" in a way that contradicts current convention in the dominant faction of the economics profession. What if the definition is too narrow to fit the general case and is therefore only suitable for special case models? This is similar to the claim of...

More on Adam Smith that contradicts the mainstream view of him, from his own pen.Occasional Links & CommentaryFrom highway to masterDavid F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame