Book of Donmon Teith

In order for economic specialization to develop, it is important that well-defined property rights are established and that suspicion and fear of fraud do not p

Questions about the origins of human cooperation have long puzzled and divided scientists. Social norms that foster fair-minded behavior, altruism and collectiv

Social norms are rules that prescribe what people should and should not do given their social surroundings and circumstances. Norms instruct people to keep thei

What is the role of law in a society in which order is maintained mostly through social norms, trust, and nonlegal sanctions? Eric Posner argues that social nor

A work of exceptional ambition by the founder of modern economic sociology, this first full account of Mark Granovetter’s ideas stresses that the economy is n