Natural Images in Economic Thought | Markets Read in Tooth and Claw

Philip J. Mirowski

ISBN 10: 0521478847 / ISBN 13: 9780521478847

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Natural Images in Economic Thought | Markets Read in Tooth and Claw | Philip J. Mirowski | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2008 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9780521478847 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Natural Images in Economic Thought | Markets Read in Tooth and Claw
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521478847
• ISBN 13: 9780521478847
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 37D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 37 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1018 grams
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Synopsis

This collection of interdisciplinary essays is the first to investigate how images in the history of the natural and physical sciences have been used to shape the history of economic thought. It documents the extent to which scholars have drawn on physical and natural science to ground economic ideas and evaluate the role and importance of metaphors in the structure and content of economic thought. These range from Aristotle's discussion of the division of labor, to Marshall's evocation of population biology, to Hayek's dependence upon evolutionary concepts, and more recently to neoclassical economists' invocation of chaos theory.

Book Description

This collection of interdisciplinary essays is the first to investigate how images in the history of the natural and physical sciences have shaped the history of economic thought. It documents the extent to which scholars have drawn from the physical and natural sciences.