Evolutionary Controversies in Economics A New Transdisciplinary Appr
In March 1997, we launched the Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics {JAFEE) to gather the academic minds that, out of dissatisfaction with established dynamic approaches, were separately searching for new approaches to economics. To our surprise a
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Evolutionary Controversies in Economics A New Transdisciplinary Approach
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Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics Yuji Aruka Professor of Economics Faculty of Commerce Chuo University Higashinakano, Hachioji Tokyo 192-0393, Japan
ISBN 978-4-431-67994-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Evolutionary controversies in economics: a new transdisciplinary approach / Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics; Y. Aruka (ed.). p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-4-431-67994-3 ISBN 978-4-431-67903-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-67903-5 1. Evolutionaryeconomics. I. Aruka, Yuji, 1949- II. Japan Association for
Evolutionary Economics. HB97.3 .E94 2001 330-dc21
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Originally published by Springer-Verlag Tokyo in 2001
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Preface
In March 1997, we launched the Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics {JAFEE) to gather the academic minds that , out of dissatisfaction with established dynamic approaches, were separately searching for new approaches to economics. To our surprise and joy,as many as 500 members, including graduate students, joined us. Later that year Prof. Horst Hanusch, then President of the International [oseph A. Schumpeter Society, remarked that such a start would take a couple of decades in Europe to prepare for. Since then we have been developing our activities incessantly not only in terms of the number of members, but also in terms of the intensity of international academic exchange. Originally the planning of this book came about as the successful outcome of our fourth annual conference organized as an international one, JAFEE 2000.Incorporating other international contributions related to our preceding conferences, this book has eventually turned out to be one of the most enterprising anthologies on evolutionary economics ever published. Specifically, it contains excellent papers on such topics as streams of evolutionary economics, evolutionary nonlinear dynamics , experimental economics and evolution, multiagent systems and complexity, new frontiers for evolutionary economics, and economic heresies. In short, this book will provide a vivid and full-fledged picture of up-to -date evolutionary economics. I very much appreciate the valuable contributions to the boo
