Economic sociologists have long wrestled with the microfoundations of market rationality, and attempted to understand the embeddedness of behavior in the cultural context in which it rests…oh, hell, I just want to post this video of the subway stairs in Stockholm:
Have a nice Friday, peoples!
This fun theory requires rigorous testing. We’ll need to do further experiments, participant observations, etcetera. And grant funding. Is it too late to change my dissertation topic?
Anomie: This is legitimate research for funding, unless it is political science.
I kept waiting for the FAO Schwartz/Big scene, and the ensuing lawsuit from someone piling down the stairs.
Reminds me of KLM’s fly in urinal. When I blogged about it, I did force some sociological take onto it (not markets). This is more fun.