Fisher on the evolution of time preference

I am re-reading Fisher’s The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection and was reminded of this passage that predates modern economic arguments about the evolution of the rate of time preference by over 50 years. For those who want to follow the maths, m is the Malthusian parameter (the relative rate of increase or decrease of a population), lx is the [...]The post Fisher on the evolution of time preference appeared first on Evolving Economics.