Evolution and Economic Complexity

Dedicated to the goal of furthering evolutionary economic analysis, this book provides a coherent scientific approach to deal with the real world of continual change in the economic system.

Expansive in its scope, this book ranges from abstract discussions of ontology, analysis and theory to more practical discussions on how we can operationalize notions such as 'capabilities' from what we understand as 'knowledge'. Simulation techniques and empirical case studies are also used.

Sharpening the focus of the relationship between economic evolution and economic complexity, the book will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers of evolutionary economics.

Edited by the late J. Stanley Metcalfe, formerly Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, UK and John Foster, Professor of Economics and Head, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia