"Economic anthropology is a field that attempts to explain human economic behavior in its widest historic, geographic and cultural scope." (Source: paragraph 1)
Introduces the overlap between anthropology and economics, highlighting the differences in their approaches to study.
Economic systems: How different economic systems function, including capitalism, socialism, and others.
The evolution of economic systems: The historical development of economies, from hunting and gathering to modern societies.
Economic anthropology and cultural studies: The relationship between culture and economics, including the study of how different societies view and use money, trade, and other economic principles.
Market systems: How markets work in different parts of the world, including the role of supply and demand, the emergence of markets, and the ways in which they are influenced by cultural factors.
Production and consumption: The ways in which goods and services are created and consumed, including the role of technology, labor, and other factors.
Subsistence economies: How subsistence economies work, including those based on agriculture, fishing, and hunting and gathering.
Gift economies: The study of non-monetary forms of exchange, including the gifting of goods and services.
The labor market: The study of labor markets and how they function, including issues such as wages, employment, and discrimination.
Globalization: The impact of globalization on economic systems and social relationships, including the globalization of trade and the effects of cultural and economic integration.
Economic development: The role of economic development in the overall growth of societies, including the ways in which economic development is promoted and managed.
Poverty and inequality: The study of poverty and inequality, including the causes of poverty, the distribution of wealth, and the effects of economic inequality on different aspects of society.
Economic anthropology and gender: The ways in which gender affects economics and economic relationships, including the study of gender roles in economic systems and the economics of gender inequality.
Economic anthropology and the environment: How economic systems interact with the environment, including the study of sustainable development, environmental economics, and the relationship between economic growth and environmental preservation.
Economic anthropology and politics: The role of politics in economic systems, including the study of economic policies, political institutions, and the relationship between economic and political power.
Economic anthropology and religion: The ways in which religion affects economics and economic relationships, including the study of the economics of religious practices, the role of religion in economic systems, and the relationship between religion and economic development.
Biological Anthropology: The study of human biological variation, evolution, and behavior.
Cultural Anthropology: The study of human cultures, beliefs, practices, and social organization.
Linguistic Anthropology: The study of human language, communication, and discourse.
Archaeology: The study of human history and societies through material remains.
Applied Anthropology: The use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve real-world problems.
Formal/ Neoclassical Economics: A theoretical approach focused on rational decision-making, market competition, and efficient allocation of resources.
Development Economics: The study of economic growth and development, with a focus on policies and interventions to alleviate poverty and promote well-being.
Behavioral Economics: An interdisciplinary field that combines economic theory with psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience to study how individuals and groups make decisions.
Political Economy: The study of the relationship between economic and political systems and how they shape social relations and power structures.
Marxist Economics: An approach that applies Marxist theory to the study of economics, with a focus on class struggle, exploitation, and historical materialism.
Environmental Economics: The study of the interactions between human economic systems and the natural environment, and how to promote sustainability and ecological stewardship.
"It is an amalgamation of economics and anthropology." (Source: paragraph 1)
"Its origins as a sub-field of anthropology began with work by the Polish founder of anthropology Bronislaw Malinowski and the French Marcel Mauss on the nature of reciprocity as an alternative to market exchange." (Source: paragraph 1)
"Post-World War II, economic anthropology was highly influenced by the work of economic historian Karl Polanyi." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Applying formal economic theory (Formalism) to non-industrial societies was mistaken, he argued." (Source: paragraph 2)
"In non-industrial societies, exchange was 'embedded' in such non-market institutions as kinship, religion, and politics." (Source: paragraph 2)
"The formalist–substantivist debate was highly influential and defined an era." (Source: paragraph 2)
"As globalization became a reality, and the division between market and non-market economies – between 'the West and the Rest' – became untenable, anthropologists began to look at the relationship between a variety of types of exchange within market societies." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Neo-substantivists examine the ways in which so-called pure market exchange in market societies fails to fit market ideology." (Source: paragraph 2)
"They now study the operations of corporations, banks, and the global financial system from an anthropological perspective." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Economic anthropologists have abandoned the primitivist niche they were relegated to by economists." (Source: paragraph 2)
"For the most part, studies in economic anthropology focus on exchange." (Source: paragraph 1)
"It attempts to explain human economic behavior in its widest historic, geographic and cultural scope." (Source: paragraph 1)
"[They] proposed on the nature of reciprocity as an alternative to market exchange." (Source: paragraph 1)
"Exchange was 'embedded' in such non-market institutions as kinship, religion, and politics." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Polanyi drew on anthropological studies to argue that true market exchange was limited to a restricted number of western, industrial societies." (Source: paragraph 2)
"...the division between market and non-market economies – between 'the West and the Rest' – became untenable." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Neo-substantivists examine the ways in which so-called pure market exchange in market societies fails to fit market ideology." (Source: paragraph 2)
"They now study the operations of corporations, banks, and the global financial system from an anthropological perspective." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Economic anthropologists have abandoned the primitivist niche they were relegated to by economists." (Source: paragraph 2)