A columnist for CBS News Online (Dick Meyer) believes that the entrenchment of a Predator class proves game-theorists are wrong about the evolution of cooperation.
But Robert Axelrod’s 1984 book titled The Evolution of Cooperation easily explains this.
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Tags: greed
November 8th, 2003 · 3 Comments
Mark Perry says that consumers are the kings and queens of the economy. Therefore, corporations are incorrectly labeled as “greedy” when, in fact, it is the consumers who are greedy because they won’t willingly part with larger percentages of their meager take-home pay.
This article explores the logic of that premise. I expose the faultiness of this view by a discussion of the differences between CORPORATE choices and CONSUMER choices and the information available to consumers when they make the choices that they ARE responsible for making.
This article was inspired by Abi, over at Evilrooster Crows, and her question “Is nothing sacred?” Answer: Yes, Abi, there is one sacred thing: Corporate Greed. (You can find Evilrooster Crows at http://www.sunpig.com/abi/.)
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Tags: Corporations