Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/209515 
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2019
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[Journal:] Real-World Economics Review [ISSN:] 1755-9472 [Issue:] 90 [Publisher:] World Economics Association [Place:] Bristol [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 65-97
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World Economics Association, Bristol
Abstract: 
This paper explores how the evolution of human sociality can help us understand how we distribute resources. Using ideas from sociobiology, I argue that resource distribution is marked by a tension between two levels of natural selection. At the group level, selfless behavior is advantageous. But at the individual level, selfish behavior is advantageous. I explore how this tension affects the distribution of resources.
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distribution
evolution
selfishness
selflessness
JEL: 
P16
L23
D23
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Published Version

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