Must-Read: Steve Randy Waldman: There Is a Name for This: “Politically motivated riots are a form of altruistic punishment… …Look it up. Altruistic punishment is a ‘puzzle’ to the sort of economist who thinks of homo economicus maximizing her utility, and a no-brainer to the [evolutionary] game theorist who understands humans could never have survived … Continue reading Today’s Must-Must-Read: Steve Randy Waldman: The Baltimore Riots as Altruistic Punishment