Hirokazu Takizawa is going to present a working paper on ' The Recent Transformations in Economics, Emerging Conception of Humans, and New Social Design/Initiatives '

The present paper attempts to evaluate the transformation of economics since the mid-20^th century in terms of the conception of human and/or society. I argue that the recent developments in economics have been driving and driven by two conceptions of humans/society. One is the renewed naturalistic conception of humans, which is closely tied with behavioral economics and neurosciences. The other is the conception of humans as intrinsically institutional beings, mainly uncovered by one strand in the economics of institution. Considering some current debates, I argue that the former can be dangerous and that further development of the latter view is necessary.