1st Edition

Economics In The Future

Edited By Kurt Dopfer Copyright 1976
132 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1976. Economics has always been in a crisis since it broke away from social philosophy in the late eighteenth century. But from time to time this crisis has been particularly acute. Such was the case at the turn of the last century when the classical predictions proved less and less true and, in response, the marginalist schools emerged. Such also was the case at the beginning... Read more
A Framework -- Introduction: Towards a New Paradigm* -- Selected Topics -- More Empirical Research -- Micro–Micro Theory, Agent–Agent Trade and X-Efficiency -- Economic Dynamics and Economic Policy -- The Meaning and Validity of Institutional Economics* -- The Open-System Character of the Economy and its Implications -- Towards a New Political Economy

Biography

KURT DOPFER has been Visiting Professor at the International Christian University, Tokyo, 1972-5, on leave from St Gall School of Economics and Social Science, St Gallen (Switzerland). His publications include Theory of Convergence, Theory of Long Term Changes of Economic Systems and Relationship between Population and Development. He is currently conducting research on socio-economic development in Asia with the support of the Asia Foundation and the Swiss National Fund for Scientific Research.