Gary D Lynne, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
https://www.metaeconomics.info/,
2026
Metaeconomics is a form of Humanomics, the latter recognizing the need for "an economics with the Human and their ethics left in," as a colleague refers to it. Metaeconomics is a Humanomics with Dual Interest Theory (DIT) at the core, giving an empirically credentialed theory to bring Humanomics into play. DIT works to transcend without replacing Single Interest Theory (SIT) in mainstream Microeconomics, which is a theory that sees only the Econ. Said Econ, as described in SIT, only maximizes ego-based self-interest in the domain of the profane. The Human, as described in DIT, in contrast, seeks own-interest composed of good balance in the self-interest in the domain of the profane with the empathy-based shared with the other-interest in the domain of the sacred (and, the sacred is not only from religion). DIT in Metaeconomics is about striking a balance in the self (incentive) & other (ethic)-interest, balance in the profane & sacred.
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