Searching for Homo Economicus: Variation in Americans' Construals of and Attitudes toward Markets

摘要: Economic sociologists agree that economic rationality is constructed and morality interests intersect. Yet we know little about how people organize beliefs or judge the of markets. We use Relational Class Analysis to identify three subsets respondents whose members construe markets in distinct ways. Subsamples display more structure than full sample associations among attitudes, between attitudes sociodemographic predictors. The economically advantaged favor market solutions each subset, but religious political identities, respectively, predict pro-market views uniquely subsamples through a lens. Results illustrate value distinguishing construals positions, examining population heterogeneity opinion data. Self-interest drives faith markets, only when ways consistent with their faiths.