Anthropology as the basic science of economic theory: Towards a cultural theory of economics

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-469

  Goldschmidt, Nils ^a   Remmele, Bernd ^b  

^a Walter Eucken Institute   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Constitutional economics; Culture; Historic genetic approach; Individualism; Moral development; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444606886     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780500223783     Document Type: Review

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