The Complexity Vision and the Teaching of Economics (Paperback, New edition)

This ground-breaking book focuses on the implications of the complexity vision, such as that held by economists at the Santa Fe Institute, for the teaching of economics. This complexity vision suggests that answers to questions such as how do markets develop and how do they evolve need to be approached head on. Complexity economics is beginning to do just that. Most of the work in complexity is highly formal and technical; it seems far away from issues such as the teaching of economics. This book is different. The focus of this book is not on the grand theories, or technical aspects, of complexity. Instead it is on the teaching of economics. It asks the question: how would the teaching of economics change if complexity is taken seriously? An outstanding group of contributors, including Brian Arthur, Buz Brock, and Duncan Foley, provide interesting and provocative answers to that question in a non-technical and highly accessible style. It is a book that should be read by all those teaching economics, as well as those who are interested in where the complexity revolution in science might be leading.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2001
Editors:	David Colander
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84064-813-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy
LSN:	1-84064-813-9
Barcode:	9781840648133

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