The Foundations of Non-Equilibrium Economics: The Principle of Circular and Cumulative Causation

ISBN-13: 9781138802919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

Sebastian Berger;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This volume examines a theory that emerged with Adam Smith and is now come to full fruition - the principle of circular and cumulative causation. This theoretical framework explains the interplay of technology, firms, resources, institutions, culture and economic policy to understand the basic drives behind modern economic dynamics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Sebastian Berger 2. On Competing Views of the Importance of Increasing Returns, Cumulative Causation and Path-Dependence John McCombie and Mark Roberts 3. Cumulative Causation in Northeast Asian Post-War Industry Policy Phillip Toner and Gavan Butler 4. Cumulative Causation and Industrial Development: The Regional Stage George Argyrous and Geoff Bamberry 5. Nicholas Kaldor and Cumulative Causation: Public Policy Implications Ric Holt and Steven Pressman 6. The Principle of Circular and Cumulative Causation: Myrdal, Kaldor and Contemporary Heterodox Political Economy Phillip Anthony O’Hara 7. Circular Cumulative Causation à la Myrdal and Kapp Sebastian Berger 8. Utilizing the Social Fabric Matrix to Articulate Circular and Cumulative Causation for Conceptual Conclusions F. Gregory Hayden 9. Unnatural Depletion and Artificial Abundance: A Circular Cumulative Causation Analysis of Salmon Fisheries and Some Implications for Political Ecological Economics Sebastian Berger and James Edward Glavin IV 10. Circular and Cumulative Causation in the Classics: Anticipations, Family Resemblances, and the Influence of Post-Keynesian Economics Mathew Forstater and Michael Murray 11. Continuity, Continuousness: The Chain of Ideas Linking Peirce’s Synechism to Veblen’s Cumulative Causation John Hall and Oliver Whybrow 12. Cumulative Causation and the Origin of Money Alla Semenova

O autorze

Sebastian Berger is an assistant professor at Roanoke College and was awarded the 2008 Helen Potter Award for the best paper in the Review of Social Economy.