Consumption, preferences, and the evolutionary agenda

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An evolutionary theory of household consumption behavior (2010, background): “Since attitudes regarding what wants are worthwhile pursuing are strongly influenced by experience in trying to meet those wants, in a real sense priorities and expectations regarding meeting different wants, beliefs about how to meet wants effectively, and household competences, evolve together (Me”
Niches in evolutionary theories of technical change (2007, background): “economists. Metcalfe (2001) , for instance, gives the following diagnosis: “Although the development of a ‘supply-side’ evolutionary economics is by now well established, the corresponding lack of any ‘demandside’ analysis is indeed remarkable.”
Ideas are not replicators but minds are (2004, background): “to as memes (Aunger 2000; Blackmore 1999, 2000; Dawkins 1976; Dennett 1995; Gabora 1996) as well as to the analysis of growth and change in economics (Borgers 1997; Borkar et. al. 1998; Metcalfe 2001; Rivkin 2001; Saviotti and Mani 1995; Witt 1992), financial markets (Farmer and Lo 1999), social cus”