Complexity and the History of Economic Thought Selected Papers from the History of Economics Society Conference

Author/creator History of Economics Society Staff
Other author Colander, David C. Editor
Other author EBSCO Publishing (Firm)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor]
Description264 p. ill 23.400 x 015.600 cm.
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Summary Annotation A new approach to science has recently developed. It is called the complexity approach. A number of researchers, such as Brian Arthur and Buz Brock, have used this approach to consider issues in economics. This volume considers the complexity approach to economics from a history of thought and methodological perspectives. It finds that the ideas underlying complexity have been around for a long time, and that this new work in complexity has many precursors in the history of economic thought.<br>This book consists of twelve studies on the issue 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, as well as to specific schools of thought such as the Austrian and Institutionalist schools.<br>The result of looking a the history of economic thought from a complexity perspective not only gives us additional insight into the complexity vision, it also gives insight into the history of economic thought. When that history is viewed from a complexity perspective, the rankings of past economists change. Smith and Hayek move up in the rankings while Ricardo moves down.
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LCCN 99054695
ISBN9780415133562
ISBN0415133564 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780415133562
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