UID:
almafu_9959239537202883
Format:
1 online resource (262 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-78508-9
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0-429-23175-X
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1-280-13787-8
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0-203-43600-8
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0-203-28681-2
Series Statement:
Perspectives on the history of economic thought
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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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;
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-75662-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-13356-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203436004
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