ANTHRO 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ultimatum Game, Social Preferences, Economic System
8 Sep 2018
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Economic system: the way in which a group of people produce, distribute and consume goods and. Anthropologists study the ways in which a culture and the economic system interact services. Culture influences the preferences people have (i. e. , what they want) Culture influences the means by which people can achieve their goals (e. g. , access to resources) Culture structures the ways in which people interacts. Economic system influences other aspects of culture (e. g. , families atomize with capitalism) The economic system is embedded in the culture. The economic system cannot be easily and cleanly separated from other aspects of a culture. In many societies, few groups are organized only for the purpose of production; their economic activities are only one aspect of what they do. Production is often carried out by families, larger kinship groups, or local communities. Production, distribution, consumption and exchange of goods and services are embedded in relationships that have social and political purposes as well as economic ones.
