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Complexity and the History of Economic Thought

By David C , History of Economics Society Staff;Colander , David;Colander

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2000
ISBN
0203436008, 0203744241, 0415133564, 9780203436004, 9780415133562, 9780415756624, 0415756626
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1119314 bytes)
Series
Perspectives on the history of economic thought
Pages
262 p\262
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Business;Business & Economics;Economic Theory;Econ

Description

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Introduction to complexity and the history of thought; What is complexity?; A thumbnail sketch of the history of thought from a complexity perspective; Specific economists and complexity; Charles Babbage in a complex world; Did Marx know the way to Santa Fe? Reflections on evolution, functionalism, and class consciousness; Complexity in Peirce's economics and philosophy: an exploration of his critique of Simon Newcomb; The premature death of path dependence;This book consists of twelve studies on the issues of complexity and the history of economic thought. The studies relate complexity to the ideas of specific economists such as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Alfred Marshall and Ragnar Frisch.

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