Emotional foundations of the market: Sympathy and self-interest

Sociology shows the role of emotions in economic life. Sympathy and self-interest are crucial individual dispositions to explain the social behavior that shapes market institutions. Adam Smith emphasized the importance that sympathy has in the achievement of stability in social interactions that fos...

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Main Author: Emiliano Bevilacqua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.1054291/full