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1. Introduction.- I. The Dynamic of Our Consilient Social Brain.- 2. The Maslow Hierarchy of Needs vs. MacLean’s Triune Brain.- 3. The Conflict Systems Neurobehavioral Model.- 4. The Global-State Algorithms of Reciprocal Behavior.- 5. The Dynamic Equation of Our Neural Architecture.- 6. The Homeostatic Regulation of Our Social Neural Architecture.- 7. The Question of Science: Physics vs. Social.- II. Neural Architecture, Reciprocity And The Market.- 8. Reciprocity and the Evolution of the Market.- 9. The Misrepresentation of Adam Smith.- 10. The Neural Foundations of the Invisible Hand.- 11. The Neural Basis of General Equilibrium Theory.- 12. Friedrich Hayek and Wishful Thinking.- 13. Neural Architecture and Price Theory.- 14. Self-interest and the Self-Reference Fallacy.- 15. Neural Architecture and the Market Calculus.- 16. The Neural Dynamic in Equilibrium Modeling.- III. Neural Architecture In Political Economy And Institutional Economics.- 17. Political Economy: The Neural Dynamic and Scarcity.- 18. Institutions, Organizations, and Reciprocity.- 19. The New Institutional Economics: Williamson and Transaction Cost Economics.- 20. The New Institutional Economics: The Perspective of Douglass North.- IV. Neural Architecture In Social Structure And Global Politics.- 21. Evolution, Science, and Society.- 22. Inclusive Social Fitness and Evolutionary Neuroscience.- 23. The Neural Dynamic, Exchange, and Social Structure.- 24. The Neural Dynamic and Our Political Choices.- 25. Global Politics, Reciprocity, and the CSN Model.- V. The Neural Foundations Of Justice, Morals, And Ethics.- 26. The Concept of Justice.- 27. Our Moral Consciousness.- 28. The CSN Model vs. the Maslow Hierarchy.- 29. Conclusion.- Appendix I. The Mismeasure of MacLean.- Appendix II. A New Paradigm for Thinking about Global Economics and Politics.- References.