Complexity and the history of economic thought : selected papers from the History of Economics Society Conference / / edited by David Colander
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Titolo: |
Complexity and the history of economic thought : selected papers from the History of Economics Society Conference / / edited by David Colander
|
| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330/.09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economics - History |
| Complexity (Philosophy) | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Complexity, chaos, or randomness: Ragnar Frisch and the enigma of the lost manuscriptBroader views on complexity; Will complexity turn economics into sociology?; Marshall and the role of common sense in complex systems; Competition, rationality, and complexity in economics and biology; Alternative perspectives on complexity; Complexity and economic method: an institutionalist perspective; Complexity theory: an Austrian perspective; Index; | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Complexity and the history of economic thought |
| ISBN: | 0-429-23175-X |
| 1-280-13787-8 | |
| 0-203-43600-8 | |
| 0-203-28681-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454583203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Perspectives on the history of economic thought.