Adam Smith's invisible hand as self-control mechanism of social structures : theory and applications / / Tadeusz Szuba |
Autore | Szuba Tadeusz M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 pages) |
Disciplina | 006.3 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems |
Soggetto topico |
Computational intelligence
Equilibrium (Economics) |
ISBN |
9783031062568
9783031062551 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Important methodology remark -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Part I Yesterday -- 1 History of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand Hypothesis-Circumstances of Its Origin and Further Development -- 1.1 Platforms for Adam Smith's Invisible Hand Emergence -- 1.1.1 Difference Between Physical Phenomena and Adam Smith Invisible Hand Phenomenon -- 1.1.2 Role of Life in Adam Smith's Invisible Hand Phenomenon -- 1.2 Personality of Adam Smith -- 1.2.1 What Adam Smith Really Wrote About Invisible Hand -- 1.2.2 Theological Reference to Adam Smith's Invisible Hand -- 1.3 What We Know for Sure Today About Adam Smith's Invisible Hand -- References -- 2 Importance of Invisible Hand Phenomena for Human Social Structures and Markets-From Interventionism to Liberalism Perspective -- 2.1 French Versus English Garden -- 2.2 Should We Consider Plants as Environment for Invisible Hand? -- References -- 3 Prominent Scientific, Macro-Economy Personalities and Politicians as Supporters and Critics of the Invisible Hand Idea -- 3.1 Key Advocates of Invisible Hand Idea -- 3.2 K. Arrow and G. Debreu Model -- 3.3 Man in the Middle-J. M. Keynes -- 3.4 Critics of Invisible Hand Idea -- References -- 4 Social Structure as Fundamental Computational Architecture to Host Invisible Hand Computational Processes -- 4.1 Is Adam Smith's Invisible Hand as Meta-control Strategy … -- 4.2 Elementary Invisible Hand Ruling Elementary Economy of Anthill -- 4.2.1 Anthill Economy -- 4.2.2 Invisible Hand Ruling Anthill -- 4.3 How Should Human Social Structures Be Organized … -- 4.3.1 Demonstration of Power of Organizational Economics -- 4.3.2 Organizational Economics-From Efficiency Toward Serfdom -- 4.3.3 Inca Economy-Underappreciated Example of Organizational Economics -- References -- 5 When Invisible Hand Emerges and When Disappears.
5.1 The Invisible Hand in Life Practice-Two Achievements -- 5.1.1 Adam Smith's Invisible Hand-in the 18th Century United Kingdom Capsule -- 5.1.2 Battle Over Trade-Poland 1947-1989 -- 5.2 What Reduces and What Amplifies Invisible Hand -- 5.2.1 Favorable Environment for the ASIH-The Quest for a New Kind of Equilibrium -- 5.2.2 Impulse Activating ASIH -- 5.2.3 Populism as a Threat to ASIH -- 5.2.4 Lust for Power of Incompetent Individuals -- 5.2.5 Natural Disasters as a Threat to ASIH -- References -- Part II Today -- 6 Toward Understanding Invisible Hand as Hidden Computational Process -- 6.1 Short History of Computational Processes -- 6.2 Educational Example of Molecular Computations -- 6.3 Herbert Simon's Dream on Computational Models of Scientific Discovery -- 6.4 Adleman's Molecular DNA Computer -- 6.4.1 Criticism of Adleman's DNA Computer -- 6.5 Formal Models of Molecular Computations -- 6.5.1 Membrane Computations -- 6.5.2 Balanced Model of Molecular Computations -- 6.6 Invisible Hand as Hidden, Molecular Computational Processes -- 6.6.1 Role of a Way of Thinking (Inference System) for Invisible Hand Theory -- 6.6.2 What Is the Relation Between Butterfly Effect from Chaos Theory and the Invisible Hand? -- 6.6.3 Logic of Chaos-What Chaos Can Compute -- 6.6.4 Does the Invisible Hand as a Computational Process Goes Beyond the Turing Machine? -- References -- Part III Tomorrow -- 7 Invisible Hand as a New Control Paradigm for the Future Collectively Intelligent Social Structures of Quasi-Intelligent Robotics -- 7.1 Scientific Background -- 7.2 Intelligent, (Controlled by Invisible Hand) Self … -- 7.3 Application of Artificial Invisible Hand to Social Structures … -- 7.3.1 Nature of the Rescue Problem, After the Earthquake -- 7.3.2 Technology to be Used by CARITAS Rescue Robots -- 7.3.3 Design of the Future CARITAS Rescue Robot. 7.3.4 Operational Schemes for CARITAS Rescue Robot -- References -- 8 Toward Understanding of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand for Human Social Structures/Markets -- 8.1 Is Invisible Hand a Universal Phenomena? -- 8.1.1 Robert Nozick's Model -- 8.1.2 Invisible Hand on the Platform of Modern Electronic Media (MEM), as the Engine of Fourth Estate (4th Estate) -- 8.1.3 Need for 4th Estate -- 8.1.4 Lockdown Calculation Problem, a Version of the Economic Calculation Problem -- 8.1.5 Who Controls the Worldwide Internet Network?-Is There Another Invisible Hand Ready to Be Born in the Depths of the Internet? -- 8.2 Is Invisible Hand Behind Great Geographic Discoveries? -- 8.3 Is Invisible Hand Controlling Today's Global World of Science? -- 8.4 Should Invisible Hand Be Considered as ``Thinking Being'' on the Basis of ``Cogito ergo Sum'', a Philosophical Proposition by René Descartes? -- 8.5 Can We Extend Turing Test for Individual Intelligence, to Detect the Invisible Hand in the Social Structure/Market? -- 8.6 Is Invisible Hand as ``Thinking Being'' Speaking in the Name of the Market/Social Structure? -- 8.6.1 What Language Is Used with Reference to the Social Structure or Market When Speaking This Way? -- 8.7 Are Conspiracy Theories a Symptom that People Widely, yet Unconsciously, Perceive as the Invisible Hand Acting? -- References -- Appendix Glossary -- Index. |
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Background information about the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model used by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation in the macroeconomic analysis of tax policy [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : [Joint Committee on Taxation], , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | i, 9 pages : digital, PDF file |
Soggetto topico |
Taxation - United States - Econometric models
Stochastic analysis Equilibrium (Economics) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698236203321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : [Joint Committee on Taxation], , [2006] | ||
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Business cycles and equilibrium [[electronic resource] /] / Fischer Black |
Autore | Black Fischer <1938-> |
Edizione | [Updated ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina |
330.018
338.542 |
Soggetto topico |
Business cycles
Equilibrium (Economics) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-470-54327-2
1-119-20307-4 1-282-30330-9 9786612303302 0-470-54325-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Business Cycles and Equilibrium Updated Edition; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Banking and Interest Rates in a World Without Money; Chapter 2: Active and Passive Monetary Policy in a Neoclassical Model; Chapter 3: Rational Economic Behavior and the Balance of Payments; Chapter 4: Uniqueness of the Price Level in Monetary Growth Models with Rational Expectations; Chapter 5: Purchasing Power Parity in an Equilibrium Model; Chapter 6: Ups and Downs in Human Capital and Business; Chapter 7: How Passive Monetary Policy Might Work; Chapter 8: What a Non-Monetarist Thinks
Chapter 9: Global Monetarism in a World of National CurrenciesChapter 10: The ABCs of Business Cycles; Chapter 11: A Gold Standard with Double Feedback and Near Zero Reserves; Chapter 12: The Trouble with Econometric Models; Chapter 13: General Equilibrium and Business Cycles; Chapter 14: Noise; Index |
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Business cycles and equilibrium [[electronic resource] /] / Fischer Black |
Autore | Black Fischer <1938-> |
Edizione | [Updated ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina |
330.018
338.542 |
Soggetto topico |
Business cycles
Equilibrium (Economics) |
ISBN |
0-470-54327-2
1-119-20307-4 1-282-30330-9 9786612303302 0-470-54325-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Business Cycles and Equilibrium Updated Edition; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Banking and Interest Rates in a World Without Money; Chapter 2: Active and Passive Monetary Policy in a Neoclassical Model; Chapter 3: Rational Economic Behavior and the Balance of Payments; Chapter 4: Uniqueness of the Price Level in Monetary Growth Models with Rational Expectations; Chapter 5: Purchasing Power Parity in an Equilibrium Model; Chapter 6: Ups and Downs in Human Capital and Business; Chapter 7: How Passive Monetary Policy Might Work; Chapter 8: What a Non-Monetarist Thinks
Chapter 9: Global Monetarism in a World of National CurrenciesChapter 10: The ABCs of Business Cycles; Chapter 11: A Gold Standard with Double Feedback and Near Zero Reserves; Chapter 12: The Trouble with Econometric Models; Chapter 13: General Equilibrium and Business Cycles; Chapter 14: Noise; Index |
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Business fluctuations and long-phased cycles in high order macrosystems [[electronic resource] /] / Carl Chiarella ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.5/42015195 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ChiarellaCarl |
Soggetto topico |
Business cycles - Econometric models
Equilibrium (Economics) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61728-157-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460023303321 |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 | ||
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Business fluctuations and long-phased cycles in high order macrosystems [[electronic resource] /] / Carl Chiarella ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.5/42015195 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ChiarellaCarl |
Soggetto topico |
Business cycles - Econometric models
Equilibrium (Economics) |
ISBN | 1-61728-157-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785292503321 |
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Business fluctuations and long-phased cycles in high order macrosystems [[electronic resource] /] / Carl Chiarella ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.5/42015195 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ChiarellaCarl |
Soggetto topico |
Business cycles - Econometric models
Equilibrium (Economics) |
ISBN | 1-61728-157-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- 1.1. The Structure of the Economy -- 1.2. National Accounting (in Intensive Form) -- 1.2.1. The Sector of Firms (Table 3) -- 1.2.2. Asset Holders (Table 4a) -- 1.2.3. Households (Workers) (Table 4b) -- 1.2.4. Fiscal and Monetary Authorities -- 1.2.5. International Relationships -- Chapter 2 -- Explicit Representation and Feedback Structure of the Core18D Dynamical System -- Chapter 3 -- Numerical Simulations of the Real Part of 18D Dynamics -- 3.1. The 9D Real Part of the Economy -- 3.2. The Keynes-Metzler-Goodwin Core 5D Dynamics -- 3.3. The KMG Core Dynamics with a Housing Sector -- 3.4. The KMG 5D Dynamics and the Mundell Effect -- 3.5. The Integrated Dynamics of the Real Part of theEconomy -- Chapter 4 -- Adding Policy Issues to the RealDynamics -- 4.1. Interest Rate Policy Rules -- 4.2. Fiscal Policy Rules -- 4.3. Fiscal and Monetary Policy Rules in Interaction -- Chapter 5 -- Adding Asset Price Dynamics tothe Real Dynamics -- Chapter 6 -- Numerical Investigations of theFull 18D Dynamics -- Chapter 7 -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Notation -- References -- Index -- Blank Page. |
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Contemporary and emerging issues in trade theory and policy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sugata Marjit, Eden S. H. Yu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, : Emerald, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
Disciplina | 382 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MarjitSugata <1959->
YuEden Siu-hung |
Collana | Frontiers of economics and globalization |
Soggetto topico |
International trade - Econometric models
International economic relations Commercial policy Equilibrium (Economics) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-77168-2
9786613682451 1-84950-541-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Contemporary and Emerging Issues in Trade Theory and Policy; Copyright page; Dedication; About the series: Frontiers of economics and globalization; List of contributors; Contents; Section I: Introduction; Contemporary and Emerging Issues in Trade Theory and Policy; Section I - Editorial introduction; Section II - Perspective on trade models; Section III - Factor rewards and trade theory; Section IV - Dynamic issues; Section V - Trade and the developing economy; Section VI - International factor mobility; Section VII - International trade policy
Section II: Perspective on trade modelsChapter 1. National Security and International Trade: A Simple General Equilibrium Model; References; Chapter 2. Do Factor Endowments Matter for North-North Tradequest; 1. Introduction; 2. Theory; 3. Measuring net factor trade; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. A Simple Vertical Competition Model: Structure and Performance; 1. Cournot's forward integration model; 2. The model; 3. A numerical example: anti-trust issues; 4. Empirical implications; Acknowledgments; References Chapter 4. Globalization, Trade in Middle Products, and Relative Prices1. Introduction; 2. Real GDP, real GDI, and relative prices; 3. Description of the aggregate technology; 4. Estimation results; 5. Accounting for changes in openness, imbalances, and income shares; 6. Productivity; 7. Conclusions; Acknowledgment; Appendix: Description of the data; References; Chapter 5. Fixed Transport Costs and International Trade; 1. Introduction; 2. The general model; 3. The offer curves; 4. The Equilibria; 5. The Ricardian case; 6. Stability and Efficiency; 7. Concluding remarks and extensions ReferencesSection III: Factor rewards and trade theory; Chapter 6. Something New for Something Old: Reflections on a Model with Three Factors and Two Goods; 1. Introduction; 2. The issues; 3. The model; 4. Two extreme cases; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 7. On Commodity Prices and Factor Rewards: A Close Look at Sign Patterns; 1. Introduction; 2. Preliminaries; 3. Effects of commodity price changes on factor rewards; References; Chapter 8. Comparative Statics in a Two-Factor Multi-Commodity Model without Factor Price Equalization; 1. Introduction; 2. The model 3. An integrated world equilibrium4. Trading equilibrium without FPE; 5. Global analysis; 6. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgement; Appendix; References; Section IV: Dynamic issues; Chapter 9. Distortions in the Two-Sector Dynamic General Equilibrium Model; 1. Introduction; 2. A dynamic open economy model with factor market distortions; 3. Steady state; 4. Dynamics in the region of complete specialization; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 10. Specific Factor Models and Dynamics in International Trade; 1. Introduction; 2. The Jones model 3. Dynamic model with a constant rate of time preference |
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Contractual arrangements for intertemporal trade [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Edward C. Prescott and Neil Wallace |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, MN, : University of Minnesota Press, c1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.64/4/0724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrescottEdward C
WallaceNeil |
Collana | Minnesota studies in macroeconomics |
Soggetto topico |
Demand functions (Economic theory)
Speculation Equilibrium (Economics) Exchange |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8166-5574-X
0-8166-1534-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Preface; I. Lending and the Smoothing of Uninsurable Income; II. Demand Deposits, Trading Restrictions, and Risk Sharing; III. Private Information, the Real Bills Doctrine, and the Quantity Theory: An Alternative Approach; IV. Dealerships, Trading Externalities, and General Equilibrium; V. Circulating Private Debt: An Example with a Coordination Problem; VI. Incomplete Market Participation and the Optimal Exchange of Credit; VII. Dynamic Coalitions, Growth, and the Firm |
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Minneapolis, MN, : University of Minnesota Press, c1987 | ||
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Contractual arrangements for intertemporal trade / / edited by Edward C. Prescott and Neil Wallace |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 160 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 332.64/4/0724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrescottEdward C
WallaceNeil |
Collana | Minnesota studies in macroeconomics |
Soggetto topico |
Demand functions (Economic theory)
Speculation Equilibrium (Economics) Exchange |
ISBN |
0-8166-5574-X
0-8166-1534-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Preface; I. Lending and the Smoothing of Uninsurable Income; II. Demand Deposits, Trading Restrictions, and Risk Sharing; III. Private Information, the Real Bills Doctrine, and the Quantity Theory: An Alternative Approach; IV. Dealerships, Trading Externalities, and General Equilibrium; V. Circulating Private Debt: An Example with a Coordination Problem; VI. Incomplete Market Participation and the Optimal Exchange of Credit; VII. Dynamic Coalitions, Growth, and the Firm |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778389003321 |
Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1987 | ||
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