Complexity and Evolution

Toward a New Synthesis for Economics
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-262-03538-5
Verlag: MIT Press Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 907 g

Reihe: Strüngmann Forum Reports

An exploration of how approaches that draw on evolutionary theory and complexity science can advance our understanding of economics.Two widely heralded yet contested approaches to economics have emerged in recent years: one emphasizes evolutionary theory in terms of individuals and institutions; the other views economies as complex adaptive systems. In this book, leading scholars examine these two bodies of theory, exploring their possible impact on economics. Relevant concepts from evolutionary theory drawn on by the contributors include the distinction between proximate and ultimate causation, multilevel selection, cultural change as an evolutionary process, and human psychology as a product of gene-culture coevolution. Applicable ideas from complexity theory include self-organization, fractals, chaos theory, sensitive dependence, basins of attraction, and path dependence. The contributors discuss a synthesis of complexity and evolutionary approaches and the challenges that emerge. Focusing on evolutionary behavioral economics, and the evolution of institutions, they offer practical applications and point to avenues for future research.Contributors
Robert Axtell, Jenna Bednar, Eric D. Beinhocker, Adrian V. Bell, Terence C. Burnham, Julia Chelen, David Colander, Iain D. Couzin, Thomas E. Currie, Joshua M. Epstein, Daniel Fricke, Herbert Gintis, Paul W. Glimcher, John Gowdy, Thorsten Hens, Michael E. Hochberg, Alan Kirman, Robert Kurzban, Leonhard Lades, Stephen E. G. Lea, John E. Mayfield, Mariana Mazzucato, Kevin McCabe, John F. Padgett, Scott E. Page, Karthik Panchanathan, Peter J. Richerson, Peter Schuster, Georg Schwesinger, Rajiv Sethi, Enrico Spolaore, Sven Steinmo, Miriam Teschl, Peter Turchin, Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh, Sander E. van der Leeuw, Romain Wacziarg, John J. Wallis, David S. Wilson, Ulrich Witt

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirman, Alan

Wilson, David S.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wilson, David S.

Kirman, Alan

Sethi, Rajiv

Mayfield, John E.

Axtell, Robert L.

Couzin, Iain

Fricke, Daniel

Hens, Thorsten

Hochberg, Michael

Schuster, Peter

Glimcher, Paul W.

Gintis, Herbert

Burnham, Terence C.

Lea, Stephen

Bell, Adrian

Kurzban, Robert

Lades, Leonhard

McCabe, Kevin

Panchanathan, Karthik

Teschl, Miriam

Witt, Ulrich

Spolaore, Enrico

Wacziarg, Romain

Bednar, Jenna

Padgett, John F.

Currie, Thomas

Turchin, Peter

Richerson, Peter J.

Schwesinger, Georg

Steinmo, Sven

Wallis, John J.

Leeuw, Sander E. van der

Mazzucato, Mariana

Colander, David

Epstein, Joshua M.

Chelen, Julia

Page, Scott E.

Gowdy, John

Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. Van Den

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Kirman, Alan
Alan Kirman is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Aix-Marseille University and Director of Studies at the École des hautes Études en sciences sociales, Aix-en-Provence.

Gintis, Herbert
Herbert Gintis is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and External Faculty at the Santa Fe Insitute.

Glimcher, Paul W.
Paul W. Glimcher is Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology at the Center for Neural Science, New York University.

Wilson, David S.
David S. Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University and President of the Evolution Institute.

Page, Scott E.
Scott E. Page is Associate Professor of Political Science, Complex Systems, and Economics at the University of Michigan.

Richerson, Peter J.
Peter J. Richerson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. He is the author of Not By Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution.

Spolaore, Enrico
Enrico Spolaore is is Professor of Economics at Tufts University.

Wilson, David S.
David S. Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University and President of the Evolution Institute.

Kirman, Alan
Alan Kirman is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Aix-Marseille University and Director of Studies at the École des hautes Études en sciences sociales, Aix-en-Provence.

David S. Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University and President of the Evolution Institute. Alan Kirman is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Aix Marseille University and Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Aix-en-Provence.