The Evolution of Economic Diversity (Routledge Siena Studies in Political Economy) - Hardcover

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9780415221924: The Evolution of Economic Diversity (Routledge Siena Studies in Political Economy)
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ISBN 10: 0415221927 ISBN 13: 9780415221924
Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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Antonio Nicita, Ugo Pagano

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415221927
ISBN 13 
9780415221924
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
464
Editor
Nicita Antonio, Pagano Ugo

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