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02 February, 2018

For Whose Benefit? The Biological and Cultural Evolution of Human Cooperation

Springer, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0 This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our

Type of publication: Books | Lindenfors, Patrik
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26 August, 2022

Bentham's Mugging

Utilitas, 2022, 1–6 Abstract A dialogue, in three parts, on utilitarian vulnerability to exploitation. Read the whole article

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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21 March, 2017

David Ellerman: Reframing the Labor Question

On Marginal Productivity Theory and the Labor Theory of Property. David Ellerman, Visiting scholar at the University of California in Riverside ABSTRACT Neoclassical economics uses the perfectly competit

David Ellerman, Visiting scholar at the University of California in Riverside
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21 May, 2008

Intergenerational Public and Private Sector Redistribution in Sweden 2003

The paper describes intergenerational redistribution in Sweden the year 2003. Looking over the whole life, the summed per capita consumption from both the private and public side is quite smooth until

Type of publication: Working papers |
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14 December, 2008

The Importance of Age for the Reallocation of Labor: Evidence from Swedish Linked Employer-Employee Data 1986-2002

Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy from 1986 to 2002, this paper examines how job- and worker flows have been distributed across age groups. It finds that the flows vary b

Type of publication: Working papers | Marie Gartell, Ann-Christin Jans and Helena Persson
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01 March, 2008

The Importance of Education for the Reallocation of Labor. Evidence from Swedish Linked Employer-Employee data 1986-2002

The paper examines how job- and worker flows have been distributed both on an aggregate level and across educational levels using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy from 1986 to

Type of publication: Working papers | Marie Gartell, Ann-Christin Jans and Helena Persson
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10 March, 2016

Group differences in broadness of values may drive dynamics of public opinion on moral issues

Mathematical Social Sciences, 77, 1-8. Abstract Here we propose the idea that the success of an argument in favor of an issue position should depend on whether the argument resonates with the audience’s

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , Eriksson, Kimmo
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11 September, 2020

Learning the Natural Numbers as a Child

Noûs 53 (1), 3-22 Abstract How do we get out knowledge of the natural numbers? Various philosophical accounts exist, but there has been comparatively little attention to psychological data on how the lea

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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05 September, 2022
A new theory about the relation between cognitive ability and moral opinions

A new theory about the relation between cognitive ability and moral opinions

Why is it that people with higher cognitive ability tend to have more liberal opinions on moral issues? This project will try to offer an explanation.

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28 August, 2015

Anders Sandberg: The Survival Curve of Our Species: Handling Global Catastrophic and Existential Risks

Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University ABSTRACTHow likely is humanity to be severely damaged by a global disaster, or go extinct? How bad would it be? This talk will review wo

Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University
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