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Towards a Reconsideration of Social Evolution: Symbiosis and its Implications for Economics
Author(s)Watkins, John P.
AbstractOld institutional and neoclassical economists are at odds on the definition of social evolution in the context of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. The confusion over evolution appears to be a result of methodological variance. Thus, the subject of social evolution requires a re-evaluation that includes a number of issues such as the institutional view of social evolution versus the neoclassic view as expressed in new institutional economics.
IssueNo1
Pages87-105
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceJournal of Economic Issues
VolumeNo32
PubDateMarch 1998
ISBN_ISSN0021-3624
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