ABSTRACT

A new approach to science has recently developed. It is called the complexity approach. A number of researchers, such as Brian Arthur and Buz Brock, have used this approach to consider issues in economics. This volume considers the complexity approach to economics from a history of thought and methodological perspectives. It finds that the ideas un

chapter |12 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

PART I Introduction to complexity and the history of thought

part |2 pages

Part II SPECIFIC ECONOMISTS AND COMPLEXITY

chapter 4|16 pages

Did Marx know the way to Santa Fe?

Reflections on evolution, functionalism, and class consciousness

chapter 5|30 pages

COMPLEXITY IN PEIRCE’S ECONOMICS AND PHILOSOPHY

An exploration of his critique of Simon Newcomb

chapter 7|11 pages

COMPLEXITY, CHAOS, OR RANDOMNESS

Ragnar Frisch and the enigma of the lost manuscript

part |2 pages

Part III BROADER VIEWS ON COMPLEXITY

part |2 pages

Part IV ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON COMPLEXITY

chapter 11|12 pages

COMPLEXITY AND ECONOMIC METHOD

An institutionalist perspective

chapter 12|14 pages

COMPLEXITY THEORY

An Austrian perspective