1st Edition

Foundations of Post-Schumpeterian Economics Innovation, Institutions and Finance

By Beniamino Callegari Copyright 2021
284 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The neo-Schumpeterian interpretation dominating the field of evolutionary economics puts focus on technological innovation, Darwinian evolution and economic growth, and has proven to be fertile ground for the past forty years. However, as the evolutionary school attempts to engage with a world of inequality, financialization and economic fragility, the limits of such an interpretation begin to... Read more

1. Introduction

Section 1: Ontological Foundations

2. An illogical nature: monist ontological foundations

3. An incomplete man: conceptualizing creative agency

4. An imperfect system: evolution in a rationalist world

Section 2: Methodology and Theory

5. Crossroads in Schumpeterian methodology

6. The systemic core of the theory of economic development

7. Speculation and planning: capitalist systemic norms under uncertainty

8. Resilience and decline: the mechanisms of pathological capitalism

Section 3: Interactions

9. A long time coming: the Schumpeterian legacy

10. Neo-Schumpeterian economics: a common agenda

11. Generalized Darwinism and creative evolution

12. At last: agent-based models between Schumpeter and Keynes

13. Conclusions

Biography

Beniamino Callegari is a Researcher at the School of Economics, Innovation, and Technology of Kristiania University College, Norway.