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Terence Burnham

is an economist who studies the biological and evolutionary basis of human behavior.

Economics Editor

Terry Burnham is an economist who studies the biological and evolutionary basis of human behavior. He is Associate Professor at Chapman University. He has a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University, a Masters from the MIT Sloan School with a concentration in finance. HIs undergraduate degree is in biophysics from the University of Michigan.Terry was a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, the University of Michigan, and the Harvard Business School. His non-academic experiences include working for Goldman, Sachs & Co., being the chief financial officer for Progenics Pharmaceuticals and being the director of Portfolio Management for Acadian Asset Management, a quantitative equity manager. Visit his blog.

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December 14, 2020

Do zee Chimpanzees Have zee Credit Cards?

What can an aspiring economist do to acquire an education in Evonomics on their own?

Economy

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December 14, 2015

Adam Smith is stuck without Charles Darwin

If you could change one aspect of your life during 2016, what would make you the happiest? Imagine yourself on December 31, 2016 looking back with satisfaction on 2016. What would it be? Standard economics has an answer.

Economy

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February 26, 2015

What Is Wrong With Evolutionary Psychology? Nothing

Mind

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July 4, 2013

Toward A Neo-Darwinian Synthesis Of Neoclassical And Behavioral Economics

Economics is in the midst of a quiet crisis having undergone a schism forty years ago, and showing no signs of healing.

Economy

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July 3, 2013

Economics Special Issue

The emerging new paradigm for improving public policy.In a special issue of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, more than two dozen scholars from around the world have written 13 articles with the important and difficult goal of making economics better.

Economy

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June 25, 2013

Economics Is A Lost Field

A field cannot be more lost than to be clueless on its most important issues.Economists are divided on both fiscal and monetary policy, the most important economic issues of the day. The divide is on the direction of policy, not on some detail.

Economy

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