As people become wealthy, the type of food they consume tends to fundamentally change.
Bennett's law states that the budget share of starchy food staples, such as cereals and rice …

This article contributes to the field of evolutionary macroeconomics by highlighting the
dynamic interlinkages between micro-meso-macro with a Veblenian meso foundation in an …

Green consumption falls short in China's overall green economic and social transformation.
There is a consensus to activate the potential of green consumption through the Internet …

The focus of this Element is on the idea that choice is hierarchical so that there exists an
order of acquisition of durable goods and assets as real incomes increase. Two main …

Abstract In the United States, the ratio of consumption to GDP has risen steadily over the
past half century. In trying to understand why this ratio has increased so much, it is argued …

Humans are an ecologically extremely successful species. Underlying this achievement is
our evolved unique adaptation for culture. Moreover, humans' cultural capacity initiated a …

If evolutionary economics is to compete with neoclassical economics as a general-purpose
economic theory, it needs to incorporate new aspects of socioeconomic reality, such as …

This article contributes to the literature on the association between class position and
cultural tastes by analyzing a unique historical data set and asking whether there were …

This study discusses the importance of curation in the contemporary economy, particularly in
cities. Curators facilitate choice among symbolically-differentiated products either by directly …

Soft paternalists claim to respect individuals' preferences by trying to nudge them towards
actions that would satisfy said preferences if they were suitably informed and debiased. This …