Evolving Technology and Market Structure

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Subtitled A General theory of life and culture. A publication of the General Evolution Research Group. Csanyi (ethology and behavior genetics, University of Budapest) describes his replicative theory of biological and cultural evolution, which represents a major theoretical synthesis of the life sciences and the social sciences. The work spans a vast intellectual and scientific territory, from systems sciences through genetics, cell biology, ethology, and evolutionary biology to cultural anthropology, psychology, economics, and culture. A collection of essays exploring the supply-side-oriented theories of Schumpeter as they could be applied to current economic questions with the help of more advanced current mathematical models. With occasional references to Keynes and Marx, the contributors focus primarily on the roles of innovation, entrepreneurship, growth, and technological change; the breadth of market potentials as constrained by space provide stages on which the analyses are acted out. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)