An Ecosystem Approach to Economic Stabilization: Escaping the Neoliberal Wilderness

ISBN-13: 9780367599782 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 162 str.

Rodrick Wallace

Opis

This unique and innovative book applies cutting-edge methods from cognitive science and evolutionary theory to the problem of the necessary stabilization of economic processes. At the core of this book is the establishment of a statistics-like toolbox for the study of empirical data that is consistent with generalized evolutionary approaches. Th

Spis treści

1. The Crisis in Economic Theory 2. Evolutionary Economics 3. Black Swans and Red Queens 4. Lies and Deceit: `Niche Construction' 5. Farming an Economy 6. Cambrian Explosions and Mass Extinctions 7. Counterexample: The Pentagon Ratchet 8. Counterexample: Organized Hyperviolence 9. Counterexample: Farming Human Pathogens 10. Escaping the Howling Wilderness 11. Mathematical Appendix

O autorze

Rodrick Wallace is Research Scientist at Division of Epidemiology, The New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA