Darwinism and evolutionary economics
1. Darwinism and evolutionary economics -- 2. Darwin, economics and contemporary economists -- 3. The strange "Laissez Faire" of Alfred Russell Wallace : the connection between natural selection and political economy reconsidered -- 4. The evolutionary economics of Alfred Marshall : an ove...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
E. Elgar
c2001
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Darwinism and evolutionary economics -- 2. Darwin, economics and contemporary economists -- 3. The strange "Laissez Faire" of Alfred Russell Wallace : the connection between natural selection and political economy reconsidered -- 4. The evolutionary economics of Alfred Marshall : an overview -- 5. Keynes and Darwinism -- 6. Is social evolution Lamarckian or Darwinian? -- 7. Nesting Lamarckism within Darwinian explanations : necessity in economics and possibility in biology? -- 8. The appearance of Lamarckism in the evolution of culture -- 9. The human agent in evolutionary economics Darwinism and Evolutionary Economics brings together contributions from eminent authors who, building on Darwin's own insights and on developments in evolutionary theory, offer challenging views on how economics can use evolutionary ideas effectively |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 254 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781840642094 9781843762942 1840642092 |