Anthropology meets economics.People who study social groupings can tell us a lot about human behaviour. For example, anthropologists The following list is obsolete. Please make no further additions to the list. For scientists and scholars of anthropology, refer to the category . H
n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. spills over into economics. So, if one person is richer than another, the belief is that the wealthier person must have taken something from the poorer one. Someone with this point of view will find it very difficult to grasp the concept of investments growing, a concept that lies at the heart of capitalism. Russia is still very much peasant society. True, the majority of Russians live in cities, but the bulk of these city dwellers are first- or second-generation peasants who have never been truly urbanized. The firmly entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. belief of these people hinder hin·der 1 v. hin·dered, hin·der·ing, hin·ders v.tr. 1. To be or get in the way of. 2. To obstruct or delay the progress of. v.intr. the growth of a market economy. |
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