Physics and the foundations of economic science: comments in memory of Ilya Prigogine

This paper discusses how the concepts of nonlinearity, discrete dynamics, chaos, and emergent order that Ilya Prigogine advanced correspond to similar ideas involved in the adaptive, evolutionary branch of economics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard H. Day
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2004-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1026022604312045