Economics today is at a crossroads. New ideas and approaches are challenging the
largely static and equilibrium-oriented models that used to dominate mainstream
economics. The study of economic institutions – long neglected in the economics
textbooks – has returned to the forefront of theoretical and empirical investigation.
This challenging and interdisciplinary series publishes leading works at the
forefront of institutional and evolutionary theory and focuses on cutting-edge
analyses of modern socio-economic systems. The aim is to understand both the
institutional structures of modern economies and the processes of economic evolution
and development. Contributions will be from all forms of evolutionary and
institutional economics, as well as from Post-Keynesian, Austrian and other schools.
The overriding aim is to under the processes of institutional transformation and
economic change.
Titles in the series include:
The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge
Edited by Hans Siggaard Jensen, Lykke Margot Richter and Morten
Thanning Vendelø
Evolutionary Economic Thought
European Contributions and Concepts
Edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus
Economic Institutions and Complexity
Structures, Interactions and Emergent Properties
Karl-Ernst Schenk
The Economics of Knowledge Sharing
A New Institutional Approach
Edited by Ernst Helmstädter
The Economics of Energy and the Production Process
An Evolutionary Approach
Guido Buenstorf
Institutional Economics and the Formation of Preferences
The Advent of Pop Music
Wilfred Dolfsma
Globalization, Economic Development and Inequality
An Alternative Perspective
Edited by Erik S. Reinert
Entrepreneurship, Money and Coordination
Hayek’s Theory of Cultural Evolution
Edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus