From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities

Volume I: Mathematics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Finance
2. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-94-017-1615-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

presents and unusual perspective on economics and economic analysis. Current economic theory largely depends upon assuming that the world is fundamentally continuous. However, an increasing amount of economic research has been done using approaches that allow for discontinuities such as catastrophe theory, chaos theory, synergetics, and fractal geometry. The spread of such approaches across a variety of disciplines of thought has constituted a virtual intellectual revolution in recent years. This book reviews the applications of these approaches in various subdisciplines of economics and draws upon past economic thinkers to develop an integrated view of economics as a whole from the perspective of inherent discontinuity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosser, J. Barkley

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Discontinuity in Economic Theory and Economic Discontinuities.- 2. The Mathematics of Discontinuity.- 3. Discontinuities in Microeconomics Systems.- 4. Speculative Bubbles and Crashes I: Irrational.- 5. Speculative Bubbles and Crashes II: Rational and Semi-Rational.- 6. Catastrophe Theory and Hysteresis in Macroeconomics.- 7. Chaos Theory and Complex Macroeconomic Dynamics.- 8. Discontinuity and Capital Theory.- References.