The Evolution of Economic Diversity (Paperback)

The traditional role of evolutionary theory in the social sciences has been to explain the existence of an object in terms of the survival of the fittest. In economics this approach has acted as a justification for hypotheses such as profit maximisation, or the existence of institutions in terms of their overall efficiency. This volume challenges that view and argues that one of the first tasks of economic theory should be to explain the enormous diversity of institutional arrangements that has characterised human societies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Siena Studies in Political Economy
Release date:	2014
First published:	2001
Editors:	Antonio Nicita • Ugo Pagano
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	454
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-86553-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy
LSN:	0-415-86553-0
Barcode:	9780415865531

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