The Changing Face of Economics: Conversations with Cutting
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Colong>andong>er, David / Holt, Richard P. F. / Rosser, J. Barkley, JR., PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press, "The Changing Face of Economics" gives the reader a sense of the modern economics profession ong>andong> how it is changing. The volume does so with a set of nine interviews with cutting edge economists, followed by interviews with two Nobel Prize winners, Paul Samuelson ong>andong> Kenneth Arrow, reflecting on the changes that are occurring. What results is a clear picture of today's economics--ong>andong> it is no longer stong>andong>ard neoclassical economics. The interviews ong>andong> commentary together demonstrate that economics is currently undergoing a fundamental shift in method ong>andong> is moving away from traditional neoclassical economics into a dynamic set of new methods ong>andong> approaches. These new approaches include work in behavioral economics, experimental economics, evolutionary game theory ong>andong> ecological approaches, complexity ong>andong> nonlinear dynamics, methodological analysis, ong>andong> agent-based modeling. David E. Colong>andong>er is Professor of Economics, Middlebury College. J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., is Professor of Economics ong>andong> Kirby L. Kramer Jr. Professor of Business Administration, James Madison University. Richard P. F. Holt is Professor of Churchill Honors ong>andong> Economics, Southern Oregon University.