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Natural Images in Economic Thought: Markets Read in Tooth and Claw
Contributor(s): Mirowski, Philip J. (Author), Goodwin, Craufurd (Editor), Mirowski, Philip (Editor)

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ISBN: 0521478847     ISBN-13: 9780521478847
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $47.49  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1994
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Annotation: 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.

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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics - Theory
- Business & Economics | Economic History
Dewey: 330.1
LCCN: 93-41164
Series: Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
Physical Information: 1.66" H x 5.97" W x 8.96" L (1.91 lbs) 636 pages
 
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