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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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