Metaeconomics

Gary D. Lynne is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Lynne earned BS and MS degrees from North Dakota State University and a PhD from Oregon State University, all in Agricultural Economics. He specialized in Natural Resource Economics. He worked mainly in research, holding positions at the University of Florida and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lynne has published over 180 journal papers, book chapters, reviews, reports, and articles—all connected into the related science that gave form and substance to the empirical foundation for Metaeconomics. It also led to coining the notion of Empathy Conservation. For further information about the research program and the author, see the website https://www.metaeconomics.info.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Landscape of the Metaeconomics Framework and Dual Interest Theory.- 3. Drifting Isles and Re-Integration on the Metaeconomics Continent.- 4. Formal Metaeconomics: Recycling Choices- 5. Metaeconomics as Behavioral Economics and the Focus on Happiness.- 6. Elections Policy: Voting Is Not Only About Self-Interest.- 7. Financial Policy: Tempering Greed.- 8. Food Policy: Stability, Sustainability, and Safety.- 9. Health Policy: Universal Pre-existing Conditions.- 10. Family Policy: Failed Liberalism and Lost Sensibilities.- 11. Education Policy: Need for Science and Ethics.- 12. Natural Resource Policy: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons.- 13. Tax Policy: Pay the Price.- 14. Income and Wealth Policy: Toward Optimal Inequality.- 15. Saving Capitalism: Bring Empathy into Mind and Action.- 16. Conclusion.