Rules and Temptations: Which Came First?
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Khalil, Elias L.
“Rules and Temptations: Which Came First?” Journal of Institutional Economics, 2026, forthcoming.
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Khalil, Elias L.
“Rules and Temptations: Which Came First?” Journal of Institutional Economics, 2026, forthcoming.
“Mutual Sympathy contra Peculiar Sympathy: Adam Smith’s Distinction between Fondness and Admiration.” Adam Smith Review, 2025, 14, pp. 250-277.
"Why are Some Transactions Repugnant? Superseding the Utilitarian and the Deontological Explanations.” Journal of Economic Issues
Khalil, Elias L.
“Natural Selection and Rational Choice.” Working paper, 2024.
Khalil, Elias L.
“Opportunism contra Deception: Promise-Keeping, Rational Strategy, and the Prisoners’ Dilemma.” Working paper, 2024.
Khalil, Elias L.
“Two and a Half Centuries of Equilibrium Economics: Adam Smith and the Evisceration of the Spatial Dimension from the Theory of Production.” Working paper, 2024.
“Cultural Diversity, the Quest after Freedom, and the Origins of the State: A Critical Review of the Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity.” Siyasat Arabiya (Arabian Policy Studies), Spring 2024, (in Arabic) forthcoming. "التنوع الثقافي، السعي وراء الحرية، وأصول الدولة: مراجعة نقدية لكتاب "فجر كل شيء: تاريخ جديد للإنسانية". سياسات عربية
“Is Happiness Independent of Income? Set Point Theory à la Kahneman.” Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
“Blasphemy Laws contra Defamation Laws: An Anomaly Facing Rational Choice Theory.” Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 2024, 10, 101137.
“Dignity Entitlements Contra Property Rights: Are All Preferences Reducible to a Single Metric?” Cogent Social Sciences, 2024, 10:1, 2371492.
“The Utility Incommensurability Thesis: The Analytics of Preferences à la Adam Smith.” Œconomia – History / Methodology / Philosophy
“Mental Accounting, Heuristics, and the Second Best: Solving the Calculator-Jacket Puzzle.” Managerial and Decision Economics, June 2024, 45:4, pp. 2415-2427.
“The Cost of Love: Solving the Gift Anomaly.” Kyklos, February 2024, 77:1, pp. 22-39.
“Refined Tastes, Coarse Tastes: Solving the Stratification-of-Goods Enigma.” Rationality and Society, 2024, 36:3, pp. 373-400.
Khalil, Elias L.
Khalil, Elias L. “Is Rationality a Cognitive Faculty?” [version 1; peer review: 1 not approved]. F1000Research, 2023, 12:83.
“Behavioral Economics.” Encyclopedia Arabica, 2023, (in Arabic) forthcoming. This entry is a short version of the paper “Real and Apparent Deviations from Rational Choice.”
“Political Economy.” Encyclopedia Arabica, 2023, (in Arabic) forthcoming. This entry is a short version of the paper “Special Interest, Private Interest and Corruption: Superseding Platonic and Machiavellian Political Economy.”
“Adam Smith’s Moral Theory.” Encyclopedia Arabica, 2023, (in Arabic) forthcoming. This entry is a short version of the paper “Can Adam Smith's 'Moral Facts' be Stance-Independent without being Normative Principles?”
“Leadership Heuristic.” Journal of Economic Psychology, October 2023, 98.
“Is Technological/Institutional Diversity Primarily the Outcome of the Quest after Freedom and Identity? Interrogating The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity.” Reviews in Anthropology, 2023, 52:3–4, pp. 34–55.
“Two Anomalies Facing the Patriotism-Cosmopolitanism Continuum Thesis: Reading Adam Smith.” International Philosophical Quarterly, June 2023, 63:2, Issue 250, pp. 143-156.
“Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments”. Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy, 2023, 5.
“Does Friendship Stem from Altruism? Adam Smith and the Distinction Between Love-based and Interest-based Preferences.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought, June 2023, 45:2, pp. 249-277.
“Can Rational Choice Explain Hope and Patience? Frustration and Bitterness in The Book of Job.” International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 2023, 84:1, pp. 55-76
“The Parallelism Hypothesis of Cognitive Economy and Physiological Economy: A Rationality-Based Dual Process Theory.” Current Psychology, 2023, 42, pp. 24148–24162.
“The Information Inelasticity of Habits: Kahneman’s Bounded Rationality or Simon’s Procedural Rationality?” Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 2022, 200:343, online publication.
“Solving the Income-Happiness Paradox.” International Review of Economics, September 2022, 69, pp. 433–463.
“Is ‘Willpower’ a Scientific Concept? Overcoming Weakness of Will contra Overcoming Weakness of Resolve.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2021, 44, E43, pp. 39-40. (Invited commentary on George Ainslie’s “Willpower With and Without Effort,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2021, 44, E30. https://doi:10.1017/S0140525X20000357)
14. “Why does Rotten Food have Repulsive Smell? Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand.” www.AdamSmithWorks.org (Liberty Fund), 2021, forthcoming.
“Is the Loss of a Mistress More Tragic than the Loss of a Leg? Solving the Paradox of Tragedy à la Adam Smith.” https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/adam-smith-paradox-of-tragedy (liberty Fund), 10 February 2021.
“Why does Rubin’s Vase Differ Radically from Optical Illusions? Framing Effects contra Cognitive Illusions.” Frontiers in Psychology, 21 September 2021.
“Other-Regarding Preferences: The Poverty of the Self/Other Dichotomy.” Social Theory and Practice: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Philosophy, April 2021, 47:2, pp. 265–298.
“A Theory of Instrumental and Existential Rational Decisions: Smith, Weber, Mauss, and Tönnies after Martin Buber.” Theory and Decision, 2021, 90:1, pp. 147-169.
“The Aspirational Income Hypothesis: On the Limits of the Relative Income Hypothesis.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, February 2021, 182, pp. 229-247.
“Ibn Khaldoun and Adam Smith—Two Heroes of the Modern Age.” https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/ibn-khaldoun-and-adam-smith (Liberty Fund), 11 November 2020. (Originally appeared in Short Supply, August 1, 2016 (The Economics Student Society of Australia http://economicstudents.com/2016/08/ibn-khaldun-adam-smith-heroes-modern-times/)
“The Isomorphism Hypothesis: The Prisoners’ Dilemma as Intertemporal Allocation, and vice versa.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, August 2020, 176, pp. 735-746.
“Wellbeing and Happiness.” Journal of Value Inquiry, December 2019, 53, pp. 627–652.
“Is the Adulation of the Rich-and-Powerful Derived from Benevolence? Adam Smith and the Distinction between Aspiration and Interests.” Critical Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory, 2019, 20:4, pp. 20:4, 285-304.
“Does Identity Fusion Give Rise to the Group--or the Reverse? Politics- vs. Community-Based Groups.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2018, 41, e205. Published online: 27 December 2018 (Invited commentary on Harvey Whitehouse’s "Dying for The Group: Towards a General Theory of Extreme Self-Sacrifice,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2018.)
“Moral Licensing, Instrumental Apology and Insincerity Aversion: Taking Immanuel Kant to the Lab.” PLoS One, 13, 11, e0206878. 8 Nov. 2018
“A Theory of Tasteful and Distasteful Transactions.” Kyklos, February 2018, 71:1, pp. 110–131.
“Weakness of Will and Stiffness of Will: How far are Shirking, Slackening, Favoritism, Spoiling of Children, and Pornography from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior?” In: Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Smart Decision-Making: Rational Decision-Making Within the Bounds of Reason, ed. Morris Altman. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2017, pp. 492-514.
“Making Sense of Self-Deception: Distinguishing Self-Deception from Delusion, Moral Licensing, Cognitive Dissonance and Other Self-Distortions.” Philosophy, October 2017, 92:362, pp. 539-563.
“Socialized View of Man vs. Rational Choice Theory: What Does Smith’s Sympathy Have to Say?” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, November 2017, 143, pp. 223-240.
“Distinguishing Injustice, Exploitation and Harm: The Impossibility Result.” Theoria: Journal of Social and Political Theory, September 2017, 64:3 (Issue 152), pp. 24-52.
“Exploitation and Efficiency.” Review of Black Political Economy, 2017, 44:3, pp. 363-377.
“Explicit vs Implicit Proprietorship: Can Endowment Effect Theory Explain Exchange Asymmetry?” Economics Letters, 2017, 154, pp. 117–119.
“Self-Deception as a Weightless Mask.” Facta Universitatis, Series: Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, and History, 2016, 15:1, pp. 1-11.
“Anomalies (economic behavior).” In Morris Altman (ed.) Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood (ABC-CLIO), 2015, pp. 19-20.
“Irrationality and Sub-rationality.” In Morris Altman (ed.) Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood (ABC-CLIO), 2015, pp. 226-229.
“Temptations as Impulsivity: How far are Regret and the Allais Paradox from Shoplifting?” Economic Modelling, 2015, 51, pp. 551–559.
“The Fellow-Feeling Paradox: Hume, Smith and the Moral Order.” Philosophy, October 2015, 90:4, pp. 653-678.
20. “Deciphering Mirror Neurons: Rational-Decision vs. Associative-Learning.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2014, 37:2, pp. 206-207. (Invited commentary on Richard Cook, Geoffrey Bird, Caroline Catmur, Clare Press, and Cecilia Heyes’s "Mirror Neurons: From Origin to Function,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2014, 37:2, pp. 177–192.
21. “Two Kinds of Theory-Laden Cognitive Processes: Distinguishing Intransigence from Dogmatism.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36:3, pp. 38-39. (Invited commentary on Andy Clark’s "Whatever Next? Predictive Brains, Situated Agents, and the Future of Cognitive Science," Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36:3, pp. 1-24.)
“Disentangling the Order Effect from the Context Effect: Analogies, Homologies and Quantum Probability.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36:3, pp. 293-294. (Invited commentary on Emmanuel M. Pothos and Jerome R. Busemeyer’s "Can Quantum Probability Provide a New Direction for Cognitive Modeling?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36:3, pp. 255–274.)
“Egotism—Making Sense of Social Preferences.” In Luigino Bruni and Stefano Zamagni (eds.) Handbook on the Economics of Philanthropy, Reciprocity and Social Enterprise. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2013, pp. 121-133, Ch. 12.
“What Determines the Boundary of Civil Society? Hume, Smith and the Justification of European Exploitation of non-Europeans.” Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, March 2013, 59:135, pp. 26-49.
“Practical Beliefs vs. Scientific Beliefs: Two Kinds of Maximization.” Theory and Decision, 2013, 74:1, pp. 107-126.
“Lock-in Institutions and Efficiency.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, April 2013, 88, pp. 27-36.
“The Temper Tantrums of Nations: Why Would Weak Nations Challenge Hegemonic Nations?” International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice, August 2012, 17:2, pp. 321-346.
“Optimization, Path Dependence and the Law: Can Judges Promote Efficiency?” International Review of Law and Economics, March 2012, 32:1, pp. 72-82.
“Why Europe? A Critique of Institutionalist and Culturalist Economics.” Journal of Economic Surveys, 2012, 26:2, pp. 351–372.
Guest Co-Editor, “Emotions, Natural Selection and Rationality,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, January 2011 (Elsevier) Wight, Jonathan and Elias L Khalil. “Emotions, Natural Selection, and Rationality.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, January 2011, 77:1, pp. 1-3.
“The Weightless Hat: Is Self-Deception Optimal?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011, 34:1, pp. 30-31. (Invited commentary on William von Hippel and Robert Trivers’ “The Evolution and Psychology of Self-Deception.”)
“How not to Think about Moral Values.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, February 2011, 77:2, pp. 234-238. (Invited commentary on Paul Zak’s “Moral Markets.”)
“Rational, Normative and Procedural Theories of Beliefs: Can They Explain Internal Motivations?” Journal of Economic Issues, September 2011, 45:3, pp. 641-664.
“The Mirror Neuron Paradox: How Far is Understanding from Mimicking?” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, January 2011, 77:1, pp. 86-96.
“Are Plants Rational?” Biological Theory, 2010, 5:1, pp. 53–66.
“The Equivalence of Neo-Darwinism and Walrasian Equilibrium: In Defense of Organismus economicus.” Biology & Philosophy, March 2010, 25:2, pp. 229-248.
“The Bayesian Fallacy: Distinguishing Internal Motivations and Religious Beliefs from Other Beliefs.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, August 2010, 75:2, pp. 268-280.
“Adam Smith's Concept of Self-Command as a Solution to Dynamic Inconsistency and the Commitment Problem.” Economic Inquiry, January 2010, 48:1, pp. 177-191.
Geoff Cockfield, Ann Firth and John Laurent’s (eds.) New Perspectives on Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Australian Journal of Political Science, December 2009, 44:4, pp. 763-766.
Douglass North’s Understanding the Process of Economic Change. Journal of Socio-Economics, 2009.
New Behavioural Economics, 3 vols. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2009. Khalil, Elias L. “Introduction: A Taste for Every Season.” In: New Behavioural Economics, 3 vols., ed. E.L. Khalil. A volume of “The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics,” series editor: Mark Blaug. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2009, pp. ix-xxii.
“Self-Deceit and Self-Serving Bias: Adam Smith on ‘General Rules`.” Journal of Institutional Economics, August 2009, 5:2, pp. 251-258. (It includes a long excerpt from Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1976, pp. 156-161.)
“Are Stomachs Rational?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, February 2009, 32:1, pp. 91-92. (Invited commentary on Mike Oaksford and Nick Chater’s Bayesian Rationality: The Probabilistic Approach to Human Reasoning.)
“The Curious Case of Routines: Between Deliberation and Instinct.” In Mark Dibben (ed.). Applied Process Thought, II. Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag, 2009, pp. 277-291. (It overlaps with the paper “The Problem of Creativity.”)
“Natural Selection and Rational Decision: Two Concepts of Optimization.” Journal of Evolutionary Economics, June 2009, 19:3, pp. 417-435.
“Brand Death: A Developmental Model of Senescence.” Journal of Business Research, March 2009, 62:3, pp. 332-338.
“Are Addictions ‘Biases and Errors’ in the Rational Decision Process?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, August 2008, 31:4, pp. 449-450. (Invited commentary on A. David Redish, Steve Jensen, and Adam Johnson’s “A Unified Framework for Addiction: Vulnerabilities in the Decision Process.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31:4, pp. 415-437.)
“Tastes.” International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd ed. Edited by William A. Darity, Jr., Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008, pp. 266-270.
“Economics.” American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia, edited by John Lachs and Robert Talisse. New York: Routledge, 2008, pp. 203-4.
“Action, Entrepreneurship and Evolution.” In Michel Weber and Will Desmond, (eds.), Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought, 2 vols. Frankfurt/ Lancaster: Ontos/Verlag, 2008, vol.1, pp. 145-160.
Samuel Bowles’s Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions and Evolution. Biological Theory: Integrating Development, Evolution, and Cognition, Winter 2007, 2:1, pp. 90-92
“Animal Innovation and Rationality: Distinguishing Productivity from Efficiency.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, August 2007, 30:4, pp. 414-415. (Invited commentary on Grant Ramsey, Meredith L. Bastian, and Carel van Schaik’s “Animal Innovation Defined and Operationalized” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2007, 30, pp. 393–437.)
“Ibn Khaldûn on Property Rights, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History.” Journal of Institutional Economics, August 2007, 3:2, pp. 227-238. (It includes a long excerpt (pp. 233-238) from Ibn Khaldûn’s The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History.)
“Comment." (Ibn Khaldûn as neither “Muslim” nor “Arab”). Contemporary Sociology, March 2007, 36:2, pp. 204-205. (followed by a reply by Lawrence Rosen.)
“The Problem of Creativity: Distinguishing Technological Action and Cognitive Action.” Revue de Philosophie Économique, December 2007, 8:2, pp. 33-69.
“Managing Brand Demise.” Journal of General Management, Summer 2007, 32:4, pp. 73-81.
Guest Editor, “Symposium: Adam Smith’s Moral Theory and the Theory of Choice,” Adam Smith Review, October 2006 (Routledge) Khalil, Elias L. “Introduction: Smith the Hedgehog.” Adam Smith Review, vol. 2, edited by Vivienne Brown. London: Routledge, 2006, pp. 3-20.
“An Anatomy of Authority: Adam Smith as Political Theorist.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, January 2005, 29:1, pp. 57-71.
Dewey, Pragmatism and Economic Methodology. London: Routledge, 2004. Khalil, Elias L. “John Dewey, the Transactional View and the Behavioral Sciences: An Introduction.” In: Dewey, Pragmatism and Economic Methodology, ed. E.L. Khalil. London: Routledge, 2004, pp. 1-12.
“What is Altruism? A Reply to Critics.” Journal of Economic Psychology, February 2004, 25:1, pp. 141-143.
“Is a Group Better Off with More Altruists? Not Necessarily.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2004, 53, pp. 89-92. (Invited commentary on Joseph Henrich’s “Cultural Group Selection, Coevolutionary Processes, and Large-Scale Cooperation,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2004, 53:1, pp. 3-35.)
“The Gift Paradox: Complex Selves and Symbolic Goods.” Review of Social Economy, September 2004, 62:3, pp. 379-392.
“The Three Laws of Thermodynamics and the Theory of Production.” Journal of Economic Issues, March 2004, 38:1, pp. 201-226. (Reprinted in Robert Ayres and Steve Keen (eds.), Energy and Economic Theory, chapter 26. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015.)
“What is Altruism?” Journal of Economic Psychology, February 2004, 25:1, pp. 97-123. (Followed by a mini-symposium consisting of three comments and a reply).
Guest Editor, “Symposium: John Dewey and Economic Theory,” Journal of Economic Methodology, June 2003 (Taylor & Francis) Khalil, Elias L. “The Context Problematic, Behavioral Economics and the Transactional View: An Introduction to `John Dewey and Economic Theory’.” Journal of Economic Methodology, June 2003, 10:2, pp. 107-130. (This Introduction overlaps with my essay, “Behavioral Economics and the Transactional View,” published by American Institute for Economic Research, under “Transactional Viewpoints,”, Winter 2003, 2:1, pp. 1-8)
Trust. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003. Khalil, Elias L. “Why does Trustworthiness Pay? Three Answers: An Introduction.” In: Trust, ed. E.L. Khalil. A volume of “Critical Studies in Economic Institutions,” series editor: Geoffrey M. Hodgson. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003, pp. xiii-xxxii.
“A Transactional View of Entrepreneurship: A Deweyan Approach.” Journal of Economic Methodology, June 2003, 10:2, pp. 161-179.
“Is the Prisoner’s Dilemma Metaphor Suitable for Altruism? Distinguishing Self-Control and Commitment from Altruism.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2002, 25:2, pp. 264-265. (Invited commentary on Howard Rachlin’s “Altruism and Selfishness,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2002.)
“Similarity vs. Familiarity: When Empathy Becomes Egocentric.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, February 2002, 25:1, p. 41. (Invited commentary on Stephanie D. Preston and Frans B.M. de Waal’s “Empathy: Its Ultimate and Approximate Bases,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2002.)
“Is Adam Smith Liberal?” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, December 2002, 158:4, pp. 664-694.
“Information, Knowledge and the Close of Friedrich Hayek's System.” Eastern Economic Journal, Summer 2002, 28:3, pp. 319-341. (Followed with a comment by Peter J. Boettke, pp. 343-349.)
“Adam Smith and Three Theories of Altruism.” Recherches Économiques de Louvain – Louvain Economic Review, 2001, 67:4, pp. 421-435.
“Survival of the Most Foolish of Fools: The Limits of Evolutionary Selection Theory.” Journal of Bioeconomics, 2000, 2:3, pp. 203-220.
“Types of Metaphor and Identificational Slips in Economic Discourse.” Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 2000, 18A, pp. 83-105.
“Making Sense of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand: Beyond Pareto Optimality and Unintended Consequences.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought, March 2000, 22:1, pp. 49-63.
“Beyond Natural Selection and Divine Intervention: The Lamarckian Implication of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand.” Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2000, 10:4, pp. 373-393. (lead article.)
“Symbolic Products: Prestige, Pride and Identity Goods.” Theory and Decision, August 2000, 49:1, pp. 53-77.
“Sentimental Fools: A Critique of Amartya Sen's Notion of Commitment.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, December 1999, 40:4, pp. 373-386.
“Two Kinds of Order: Thoughts on the Theory of the Firm.” Journal of Socio-Economics, Spring 1999, 28:2, pp. 157-173.
“Institutions, Naturalism and Evolution.” Review of Political Economy, January 1999, 11:1, pp. 61-81.
Gary S. Becker's Accounting for Tastes. Journal of Socio-Economics, April 1998, 27:2, pp. 293-298.
“Interests and Principles: Replies to Etzioni, Dolfsma and Van Staveren.” De Economist, December 1998, 146:4, pp. 613-618.
“Buridan's Ass, Rationality and Entrepreneurship: A Reply to Hargreaves Heap's Critique.” Kyklos, 1998, 51:2, pp. 285-288.
“Commitment, the Multiple-Self Approach, and Communitarianism.” The Responsive Community, Winter 1998/99, 9:1, pp. 113-119. (Invited essay on the occasion of Amitai Etzioni's 70th birthday).
“The Janus Hypothesis.” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Winter 1998-99, 21:2, pp. 315-342.
“Is Justice the Primary Feature of the State? Adam Smith's Critique of Social Contract Theory.” European Journal of Law and Economics, November 1998, 6:3, pp. 215-230. (lead article.)
“The Five Careers of the Biological Metaphor in Economic Theory.” Journal of Socio-Economics, Spring 1998, 27:1, pp. 29-52.
N.J. Smelser and R. Swedberg's (eds.) The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, June 1997, 153:2, pp. 425-427.
“Can Artificial Selection Remedy the Failing of Natural Selection with Regard to Scientific Validation?” Evolution and Cognition, Spring 1997, 3:1, pp. 71-74. (Invited commentary on Donald Campbell's evolutionary epistemology, Evolution and Cognition, 1997.)
“Organism and Organization” (a review article of Robert Rosen's Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry into the Nature, Origin, and Fabrication of Life). Biology & Philosophy, January 1997, 12:1, pp. 119-126.
“Evolutionary Biology and Evolutionary Economics.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 1997, 8:4, pp. 221-244. (lead article.)
“Friedrich Hayek's Theory of Spontaneous Order: Two Problems.” Constitutional Political Economy, 1997, 8:4, pp. 301-317.
“Etzioni versus Becker: Do Moral Sentiments Differ from Ordinary Tastes?” De Economist, December 1997, 145:4, pp. 491-520. (lead article.)
“Chaos Theory versus Heisenberg's Uncertainty: Risk, Uncertainty and Economic Theory.” American Economist, Fall 1997, 41:2, pp. 27-40.
“Biological Metaphors, Socio-Economic Theory and Reductionism.” Economic Issues, September 1997, 2:2, pp. 45-57.
“Is the Firm an Individual?” Cambridge Journal of Economics, July 1997, 21:4, pp. 519-544. (This paper overlaps with my essay, “Institutional Theory of the Firm? Extension and Limitation.” Review of Political Economy, January 1995, 7:1, pp. 43-51—https://dio.org/10.1080/09538259500000003)
“The Red Queen Paradox: A Proper Name for a Popular Game.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, June 1997, 153:2, pp. 411-415.
“Buridan's Ass, Uncertainty, Risk, and Self-Competition: A Theory of Entrepreneurship.” Kyklos, 1997, 50:2, pp. 147-163. (lead article.) (Awarded the K. William Kapp Prize by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 1997.)
“Symbolic Inputs: Positional, Reference and Publicity Goods.” Finnish Economic Papers, Spring 1997, 10:1, pp. 20-34.
“Economics, Biology, and Naturalism: Three Problems Concerning the Question of Individuality.” Biology & Philosophy, April 1997, 12:2, pp. 185-206.
“Production and Environmental Resources: A Prelude to an Evolutionary Framework.” Southern Economic Journal, April 1997, 63:4, pp. 929-946.
Jack J. Vromen's Economic Evolution: An Inquiry into the Foundations of `New Institutional Economics'. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, July 1996, 30:1, pp. 138-141.
Timur Kuran's Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification. Southern Economic Journal, July 1996, 63:1, pp. 269-270.
Geoffrey M. Hodgson's (ed.) The Economics of Institutions. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, June 1996, 152:2, pp. 424-426.
Young Back Choi's Paradigms and Conventions: Uncertainty, Decision Making, and Entrepreneurship. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, February 1996, 6:1, pp. 119-120.
Evolution, Order and Complexity. London: Routledge, 1996. Khalil, Elias L. “Social Theory and Naturalism: An Introduction.” In: Evolution, Order and Complexity, eds. Elias L. Khalil and Kenneth E. Boulding. London: Routledge, 1996, pp. 1-39.
“Efficiency, Nature and the Division of Labor” (a review article of James Bernard Murphy's The Moral Economy of Labor: Aristotelian Themes in Economic Theory). Journal of Economic Methodology, December 1996, 3:2, pp. 334-342.
“Networks and Organizations.” In Malcolm Warner (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Business and Management, six volumes, vol. 4, pp. 3629-3636. London: International Thomson Business Press, 1996. (Reprinted in Concise IEBM, one volume, 1997, pp. 486-493.)
“Respect, Admiration, Aggrandizement: Adam Smith as Economic Psychologist.” Journal of Economic Psychology, September 1996, 17:5, pp. 555-577.
“Kenneth Boulding: Ecodynamicist or Evolutionary Economist?” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Fall 1996, 19:1, pp. 83-100. (Reprinted in Wilfred Dolfsma and Stefan Kestingch (eds.) Interdisciplinary Economics: Kenneth E. Boulding’s Engagement in the Sciences. London: Routledge, 2013, ch. 2a, pp. 33-47.)
“Non-linear Dynamics versus Development Processes: Two Kinds of Change.” The Manchester School, September 1996, 64:3, pp. 309-322.
“Friedrich Hayek's Darwinian Theory of Evolution of Institutions: Two Problems.” Australian Economic Papers, June 1996, 35:66, pp. 183-201.
“What is Economic Action? From Marshall and Robbins to Polanyi and Becker.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Spring 1996, 18:1, pp. 13-36.
“Economic Action, Naturalism, and Purposefulness.” Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 1996, 14, pp. 119-140.
Oliver E. Williamson and Sidney G. Winter's (eds.) The Nature of the Firm: Origins, Evolution, and Development. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, August 1995, 27:3, pp. 500-505.
Matthias Ruth's Integrating Economics, Ecology and Thermodynamics. American Scientist, January-February 1995, 83, pp. 96-97.
“A Reply to Lianos's Critique (The Rate of Profit and Crises in the Socialist Economy).” Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Fall 1995, 17:2, pp. 313-315.
“After the Special Nature of the Firm: Beyond the Critics of Orthodox Neoclassical Economics.” In John Groenewegen (ed.) Transaction Cost Economics and Beyond. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995, ch. 15, pp. 289-307.
“The Socioculturalist Agenda in Economics: Critical Remarks of Thorstein Veblen's Legacy.” Journal of Socio-Economics, Winter 1995, 24:4, pp. 545-569.
“Ecological Economics and Ecological Darwinism.” Journal of Biological Systems, December 1995, 3:4, pp. 1211-1244.
“Nonlinear Thermodynamics and Social Science Modeling: Fad Cycles, Cultural Development and Identificational Slips.” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, October 1995, 54:4, pp. 423-438.
“Organizations, Naturalism, and Complexity.” Review of Social Economy, Fall 1995, 53:3, pp. 393-419.
“Organizations Versus Institutions.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, September 1995, 151:3, pp. 445-466. Reprinted in B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (eds.) Institutionalism. SAGE Library of Political Science series, 2007.
“Individual Separateness or Universal Scheme? A Note on Neo-Darwinian vs. Non-Darwinian Evolutionary Social Science.” Human Nature, 1995, 6:1, pp. 91-94.
“On the Scope of Economics: What is the Question?” Finnish Economic Papers, Spring 1995, 8:1, pp. 40-55.
“Has Economics Progressed? Rectilinear, Historicist, Universalist, and Evolutionary Historiographies.” History of Political Economy, Spring 1995, 27:1, pp. 43-87.
“Ecological Economics, Neoclassical Economics and the Technological/Institutional Regime of Production.” British Review of Economic Issues, February 1995, 17:41, pp. 41-70. (New title: Economic Issues.)
Ulrich Witt's (ed.) Explaining Process and Change: Approaches to Evolutionary Economics. History of Economics Review, Summer 1994, no. 22, pp. 114-116.
Alfred I. Tauber's (ed.) Organism and the Origins of Self. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 1994, 16:2, pp. 390-392.
Francisco J. Varela and Jean-Pieree Dupuy's (eds.) Understanding Origins: Contemporary Views on the Origin of Life, Mind and Society. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 1994, 16:2, pp. 377-379.
Rick Tilman's Thorstein Veblen and His Critics, 1891-1963: Conservative, Liberal, and Radical Perspectives. Journal of Economic Literature, March 1994, 32:1, pp. 127-128.
“Recycling of Matter: A Response, Further.” Ecological Economics, 1994, 9, pp. 193-194.
“Kenneth E. Boulding: 1910-1993.” Journal of Economic Methodology, June 1994, 1:1, pp. 161-166.
“Trust.” In Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Warren J. Samuels, and Marc R. Tool (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Institutional and Evolutionary Economics, L-Z. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1994, pp. 339-346.
“Rules.” In Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Warren J. Samuels, and Marc R. Tool (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Institutional and Evolutionary Economics, L-Z. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1994, pp. 253-264.
“Entropy and Economics.” In Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Warren J. Samuels, and Marc R. Tool (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Institutional and Evolutionary Economics, A-K. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1994, pp. 186-193.
“The Implication for Socialism of Marx's Theory of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Fall 1994, 16:2, pp. 292-309.
Thrainn Eggertsson's Economic Behavior and Institutions. International Review of Economics and Finance, 1993, 2:4, pp. 429-432.
Douglass C. North's Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, August 1993, 3:3, pp. 250-253.
Roy Weintraub's Stabilizing Dynamics: Constructing Economic Knowledge. Eastern Economic Journal, Winter 1993, 19:1, pp. 123-125.
“Does Theory of Rationality Need Folk Psychology?” (a review article of J. Gay Tulip Meeks's (ed.) Thoughtful Economic Man: Essays on Rationality, Moral Rules and Benevolence). Methodus, June 1993, 5:1, pp. 140-143.
“Is Poincaréan Nonlinear Dynamics the Alternative to the Selection Theory of Evolution?” Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems, November 1993, 16:4, pp. 489-500.
“Neo-classical Economics and Neo-Darwinism: Clearing the Way for Historical Thinking.” In Ron Blackwell, Jaspal Chatha, and Edward J. Nell (eds.) Economics as Worldly Philosophy: Essays in Political and Historical Economics in Honour of Robert L. Heilbroner. London: Macmillan, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993, pp. 22-72. (Reprinted in Geoffrey M. Hodgson (ed.) Economics and Biology. A volume of “The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics,” series editor: Mark Blaug. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1995.)
Paul Krugman's Geography and Trade. Southern Economic Journal, October 1992, 59:2, pp. 337-339.
Paul R. Lawrence and Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos's (eds.) Behind the Factory Walls: Decision Making in Soviet and US Enterprises. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, March 1992, 17:2, pp. 296-299.
“Hayek's Spontaneous Order and Varela's Autopoiesis: A Comment.” Human Systems Management, 1992, 11:2, pp. 101-105.
“Economics and Biology: Eight Areas of Research.” Methodus, December 1992, 4:2, pp. 29-45. (Reprinted in Geoffrey M. Hodgson (ed.) Economics and Biology. A volume of “The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics,” series editor: Mark Blaug. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1995.) (The article was the focus of a symposium published in Methodus, June 1993.)
“Fox, Hedgehog, and Owl: Three Temperaments of Economic Discourse.” Methodus, June 1992, 4:1, pp. 101-109.
“Was Marx a Political Economist (or Just an Economist)? Class Power in Relation to the Entry Points of Capital.” Methodus, June 1992, 4:1, pp. 35-43.
“Nature and Abstract Labor in Marx.” Social Concept, June 1992, 6:2, pp. 91-117.
“Marx's Understanding of the Essence of Capitalism.” History of Economics Review, Winter 1992, 17, pp. 19-32.
Nicholas Rowe's Rules and Institutions. Southern Economic Journal, January 1991, 57:3, pp. 872-874.
“Entropy Law and Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's Paradigm: A Reply.” Ecological Economics, July 1991, 3:2, pp. 161-163.
“Adam Smith's Concept of Labor-Commanded: A Study in Misinterpretation.” New York Economic Review, Fall 1991, 21:2, pp. 34-49.
David Levine's Needs, Rights, and the Market. Review of Radical Political Economics, Summer/Fall 1990, 22:2/3, pp. 291-293.
“Beyond Self-Interest and Altruism: A Reconstruction of Adam Smith's Theory of Human Conduct.” Economics and Philosophy, October 1990, 6:2, pp. 255-273. (Reprinted in Stefano Zamagni (ed.) The Economics of Altruism. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1995.)
“Entropy Law and Exhaustion of Natural Resources: Is Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's Paradigm Defensible?” Ecological Economics, 1990, 2:2, pp. 163-178.
“Rationality and Social Labor in Marx.” Critical Review, Winter/Spring 1990, 4:1&2, pp. 239-265.
“Natural Complex vs. Natural System.” Journal of Social and Biological Structures, February 1990, 13:1, pp. 11-31. (Awarded the Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award, International Society for General Systems Research, 1988.)
B.J. Hiley and F. David Peat's (eds.) Quantum Implications: Essays in Honour of David Bohm. Journal of Social and Biological Structures, October 1989, 12:4, pp. 391-395.
Bruce H. Weber, David J. Depew, and James D. Smith's (eds.) Entropy, Information, and Evolution: New Perspectives on Physical and Biological Evolution. Journal of Social and Biological Structures, October 1989, 12:4, pp. 389-391.
Donald Herbert Ford's Humans as Self-Constructing Living Systems: A Developmental Perspective on Behavior and Personality. Journal of Social and Biological Structures, October 1989, 12:4, pp. 387-389.
P.W. Anderson, K.J. Arrow, and D. Pines's (eds.) The Economy as an Evolving Complex System. Southern Economic Journal, July 1989, 56:1, pp. 266-268.
M. Faber, H. Niemes, and G. Stephan's Entropy, Environment and Resources: An Essay in Physico-Economics. Journal of Economic Literature, June 1989, 27:2, pp. 647-649.
Eric Hobsbawm's The Age of Empire: 1975-1914. Review of Social Economy, Spring 1989, 47:1, pp. 91-93.
Diego Gambetta's (ed.) Trust: Making and Breaking Cooperative Relations. Review of Political Economy, April 1989, 1:1, pp. 114-116.
Giovanni Dosi, Christopher Freeman, Richard Nelson, Gerald Silverberg, and Luc Soete's (eds.) Technical Change and Economic Theory. Southern Economic Journal, April 1989, 55:4, pp. 1070-71.
Harvey Leibenstein's Inside the Firm: The Inefficiencies of Hierarchy. Journal of Economic Issues, March 1989, 23:1, pp. 297-300.
“Principles, Rules and Ideology.” Forum for Social Economics, Spring/Fall 1989, 18:2/19:1, pp. 41-54.
“Adam Smith and Albert Einstein: The Aesthetic Principle of Truth.” History of Economics Society Bulletin, Fall 1989, 11:2, pp. 222-237. (The Bulletin was renamed later: Journal of the History of Economic Thought)
Marc Maurice, Francois Sellier, and Jean-Jacques Silvestre's The Social Foundations of Industrial Power: A Comparison of France and Germany. Review of Social Economy, April 1988, 46:1, pp. 86-89.
R.D. Collison Black's (ed.) Ideas in Economics. Southern Economic Journal, April 1988, 54:4, pp. 1062-1063.
Anthony Wright's Socialisms: Theories and Practices. Review of Radical Political Economics, Winter 1987, 19:4, pp. 109-111.
Karel Englis's An Essay on Economic Systems: A Teleological Approach. Review of Radical Political Economics, Fall 1987, 19:3, pp. 98-100.
“Kuhn, Lakatos, and the History of Economic Thought.” International Journal of Social Economics, August 1987, 14:3-5, pp. 118-131.
“The Process of Capitalist Accumulation: A Review Essay of David Levine's Contribution.” Review of Radical Political Economics, Winter 1987, 19:4, pp. 76-85.
“Sir James Steuart vs. Professor James Buchanan: Critical Notes on Modern Public Choice.” Review of Social Economy, October 1987, 45:2, pp. 113-132. (lead article)
Thomas Sowell's Marxism: Philosophy and Economics. History of Political Economy, Fall 1986, 18:3, pp. 541-543.
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