The Foundations of Evolutionary Economics: 1890-1973

by Geoffrey M. Hodgson (Editor)

Overview

In the last two decades of the twentieth century evolutionary economics has become one of the most important and exciting developments in social science. It is associated with a huge theoretical, empirical and policy literature. Yet relatively little is known about the development of the foundations of evolutionary economics over the preceding 100 years. The gap is filled by this collection of essays by Thorstein Veblen, John Commons, John Maurice Clark, Alfred Marshall, John Atkinson Hobson, Joseph Schumpeter, Armen Alchian, Edith Penrose, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Friedrich Hayek among others. An original introduction by the editor places these contributions in their historical context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858986616
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Series:	Mini Series
Pages:	880
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 2.70(d)

About the Author

Edited by Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Emeritus Professor, Loughborough University London, UK

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction Volume I: Part I: The Emergence of Economic Biology in the Nineteenth Century Part II: The ‘Post-Darwinian’ Economics of Thorstein Veblen • Volume II: Part I: The Dark Age of Evolutionism: 1910-1940 Part II: The Re-Emergence of Evolutionary Economics after 1945

Editorial Reviews

'These two volumes do give a substantial picture of the paths and diversions that evolutionary thought has travelled over the past century.'

John Nightingale

Two-volume set that explores the nature and boundaries of evolutionary economics. Volume I addresses the emergence of economic biology in the 19th century and discusses the early relationship between Marshall and Spencer, Commons and Darwin, and post-Darwinian economics of Thorstein Veblen. Volume II includes works from the dark age of evolutionism (1910-1940) and the re-emergence of evolutionary economics after 1945. Includes both original texts and critical commentaries on some of the issues involved. Each volume has a name index but no subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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