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formalist economic anthropology: a standalone construct

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Economic anthropology

the position that economic theory of choice under scarcity applies in all societies, so maximization can explain non-market economies too.

In economic anthropology, formalist economic anthropology refers to the position that economic theory of choice under scarcity applies in all societies, so maximization can explain non-market economies too. This meaning comes from Burling (1962) in American Anthropologist.[1]

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  1. Burling, R. (1962). Maximization Theories and the Study of Economic Anthropology. American Anthropologist, 64(4), 802-821. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1962.64.4.02a00090

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