Rotterdam School of Management,Erasmus University,3000 DR Rotterdam,
Yale School of Management,Yale University,New Haven,CT
Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan;41:e163. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18000298.
We applaud Boyer & Petersen's (B&P's) approach to a fascinating topic. Their arguments against understanding folk-economic beliefs (FEBs) in terms of economic ignorance or specific biases, however, are overly pessimistic. Economic theory is the reason beliefs about such disparate phenomena are labeled "economic" and "folk." More importantly, some FEBs are better understood by examining current rather than ancestral contexts of exchange.
我们赞赏 Boyer 和 Petersen（B&P）对一个引人入胜的话题的探讨。然而，他们反对将民间经济信仰（FEB）理解为经济无知或特定偏见的观点过于悲观。经济理论是将这些截然不同的现象标记为“经济”和“民间”的原因。更重要的是，通过考察当前而不是交换的祖先背景，可以更好地理解一些 FEB。
