The Coevolution of Corporations and Economic Man
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Why would anybody want to create economic man, let alone as a corporation? For the capitalistic production of wealth, which is central to the competitiveness of modern nations. | Why would anybody want to create economic man, let alone as a corporation? For the capitalistic production of wealth, which is central to the competitiveness of modern nations. | ||
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+ | Likewise, governments strive to create a more capitalist environment in which competition can take place. Humans vary in their ability to compete in the capitalist system: if corporations can be engineered to compete better or if the system can advantage corporations, they will dominate. | ||
== Economic Man vs. Humans vs. Corporations == | == Economic Man vs. Humans vs. Corporations == | ||
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| unlimited rationality and complete knowledge | | unlimited rationality and complete knowledge | ||
+ | | severely limited rationality and knowledge | ||
+ | | can leverage combined rationality and knowledge of many people | ||
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