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I am Ph.D. student in Justice Studies, an interdisciplinary doctoral 
program 
at Arizona State University.  I am doing some reading on evolution and 
social and economic theory.  In reading Richard Hofstadter's "Social 
Darwinism in American Thought" today, I came to a discussion of Darwinism 
and economic theory in the late 19th century.  Hofstadter discusses 
Thorsten 
Veblen's essay (p. 154), "Why Is Economics Not An Evolutionary Science," 
published in 1898 in the Quarterly Journal of Economics.  He states 
Veblen's 
belief that economic theory at the time was "pre-Darwinian" because it held 
to teleologic premises regarding human nature. 
 
What if anything has been written since about the connection, if any, 
between economic theory and evolution theory?  Can anyone lead me to some 
later or  current discussions about this?  What about Veblen's idea, does 
it 
still make sense today? 
 
David C. Larkin 
School of Justice Studies 
Arizona State University 
Tempe, Arizona 
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