Vernon Smith & Bart Wilson

Vernon Smith, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics and Law with joint appointments in the Argyros School of Business and Economics and the Fowler School of Law at Chapman University. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his groundbreaking work in experimental economics. Dr. Smith has authored or co-authored more than 375 articles and books on capital theory, finance, natural resource economics, and experimental economics. His most recent book is Humanomics: Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations for the Twenty-First Century. Bart J. Wilson, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics and Law and Donald P. Kennedy Endowed Chair in Economics and Law at Chapman University. He is a member of the Economic Science Institute and tenured in the Argyros College of Business and Economics and the Fowler School of Law. In Fall 2016, he co-founded the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy, for which he serves as the director. Dr, Wilson is the author of The Property Species: Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind and Humanomics: Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations for the Twenty-First Century. His next book, Meaningful Economics: Making the Science of Prosperity More Human, is forthcoming. He has published papers widely in economics and general science journals, including the American Economic Review, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports, and Nature Human Behaviour.

Humanomics: An Interview with Vernon Smith and Bart Wilson

The following is an interview conducted by Archbridge chief economist and Profectus co-editor Justin Callais with Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon Smith and his colleague...