The term human economics is sometimes used within economic theory with the hope of repositioning economic discipline as a human and social science, but with scarce success. This book explores the potentials of a human economics arguing that the complexity and peculiarities of human nature should be central to the study of economics.

Sara Casagrande is Post-Doc Research Fellow in Comparative European Studies at the University of Trento (Italy).

1. Introduction 2. Economic Paradigms: towards Human Economics 3. Methodology and principles of Human Economics 4. Economic Systems: Genesis, Nature and Dynamics 5. Future Trajectories 6. Conclusions