ANT 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Animal Husbandry, Economic Anthropology, Cultural Ecology
27 Apr 2019
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~ chapter nine: how do people make a living ~ Self-interested model: based on the assumption that individuals are first and foremost interested in their own well-being, that selfishness is natural: economic analysis should focus on individuals who must maximize their utility (or satisfaction) under conditions of scarcity. Social model: assumes that people ordinarily identify with the groups to which they belong and, in many cases, cannot even conceive of having a self with interests that diverge from the interests of the group. Suggests that economics should focus on institutions, not individuals. How are goods distributed and exchanged: capitalism and neoclassical economics, capitalism differed in many ways from the feudal economic system that had preceded it, but perhaps the most striking difference was how it handled distribution. It views human beings as social agents involved in the construction and reconstruction of human society on all levels in every generation.
