Economic Evolution and Structure: The Impact of Complexity on the U.S. Economic System

Pryor, Frederic L.

ISBN 10: 0521550971 / ISBN 13: 9780521550970

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Economic Evolution and Structure: The Impact of Complexity on the U.S. Economic System
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521550971
• ISBN 13: 9780521550970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Frederic L. Pryor uses the concept of structural complexity to show how changes in the population, the labor force, the structure of industry, the financial system, foreign and domestic trade, and the government sector are related to the same general trend in the U.S. economic system over the past forty years and in the coming twenty years. The author investigates the impact of these changes on the functioning of the system, exploring such matters as the long-term rising unemployment rate, the alleged increasing volatility of the economy, the altering degree of competition, and the evolving economic role of the government.

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Frederic L. Pryor uses the concept of structural complexity to show how changes in the population, the labor force, the structure of industry, the financial system, foreign and domestic trade, and the government sector are related to the same general trend in the U.S. economic system over the past forty years and in the coming twenty years. He also investigates the impact of these changes on the functioning of the system, exploring such matters as the long-term rising unemployment rate, the alleged increasing volatility of the economy, the changing degree of competition, and the evolving role of the government. The discussion is aimed at those who wish to view the economy as a whole and who are concerned with problems of understanding an economy that is becoming increasingly complex along many different dimensions. For specialists a number of appendices discuss a variety of technical issues.