The Path to a Modern Economics

Dealing with the Complexity of Economic Systems
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-52784-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 366 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5913 g

This book illustrates how the treatment of complexity in analytical frameworks shapes economic studies. It explores the ways economists make sense of our economic environment and where their differences in interpretations of economic issues and policy proposals are rooted. Schwardt examines developments in economies and the role of the public sector over the last few centuries. Taking a theoretical approach and addressing different analytical frameworks, a basic distinction is introduced between top-down approaches, where assumptions about the economic environment are formulated at the outset; and bottom-up approaches, where an economic environment emerges from the interactions of the individual agents. 
By recognising the validity of alternate perspectives on economic issues, Schwardt proposes an improved foundation for economics research and policy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwardt, Henning

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Trends and Changes in Economies.- 2. Individual, Economic Environment, and Mutual Relation.- 3. The Functioning and the Functioning of Markets.- 4. Unemployment as Economic Crises.- 5. Frameworks for Economic Policies.- 6. Final Considerations.- 

Über Autor(innen)

Henning Schwardt is Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Denver, USA. His research has focused on institutional economics and development economics, as well as complexity economics.