Complexity and emergence in economics: the road from Smith to Hayek (via Marshall and Schumpeter)

Q2 Arts and Humanities

History of Economic Ideas Pub Date : 2010-01-01 DOI:10.1400/148269

J. Metcalfe

引用次数: 32

Abstract

The purpose or this essay is to make the connection between the idea of complexity and the work of four major economists, Smith, Marshall, Schumpeter and Hayek. The bridge is provided by innovation, in the form of emergent novelties, and the division of labour in the form of a system of parts and connections. A major role in complexity analysis is played by the uneven growth of knowledge, and by the rules which simultaneously establish economic order while generating challenges to the prevailing order in the form of invading innovations.

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经济学的复杂性和突现性:从斯密到哈耶克的道路(经由马歇尔和熊彼特)

本文的目的是将复杂性的概念与四大经济学家——史密斯、马歇尔、熊彼特和哈耶克的著作联系起来。桥梁是由创新提供的，以新兴的新奇形式，以及以零件和连接系统的形式进行劳动分工。知识的不均衡增长和规则在复杂性分析中发挥了重要作用，这些规则在建立经济秩序的同时，以入侵式创新的形式对现行秩序产生挑战。

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