The Microeconomics of Complex Economies

Content: 
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface: A Complexity Microeconomics, “Post-Crisis”, Pages ix-xxi
Acknowledgments, Pages xxiii-xxiv
About the Authors, Page xxv
Didactics: How to Work with This Textbook at Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels, and in Different Kinds of Courses, Pages xxvii-xxix
List of Abbreviations, Page xxxi
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Microeconomics of Complex Economies, Pages 3-23
Chapter 2 - Tools I: An Introduction to Game Theory, Pages 25-32
Chapter 3 - Problem Structures and Processes in Complex Economies, Pages 33-55
Chapter 4 - Approaching Real-World Interdependence and Complexity: Empirical Phenomena in the Global Economy, Pages 57-93
Chapter 5 - The Ideal Neoclassical Market and General Equilibrium, Pages 97-128
Chapter 6 - Critiques of the Neoclassical “Perfect Market” Economy and Alternative Price Theories, Pages 129-155
Chapter 7 - Real-World Markets: Hierarchy, Size, Power, and Oligopoly, Direct Interdependence and Instability, Pages 157-190
Chapter 8 - Tools II: More Formal Concepts of Game Theory and Evolutionary Game Theory, Pages 193-226
Chapter 9 - Tools III: An Introduction to Simulation and Agent-Based Modeling, Pages 227-249
Chapter 10 - A Universe of Economies: Interdependence and Complexity, System Trajectories, Chaos, and Self-Organization, Pages 251-276
Chapter 11 - Dynamics, Complexity, Evolution, and Emergence—The Roles of Game Theory and Simulation Methods, Pages 277-304
Chapter 12 - Themes of Complexity in the History of Economic Thought: Glimpses at A. Smith, T.B. Veblen, J.A. Schumpeter, and Others, Pages 307-362
Chapter 13 - Recent Core Models of Complexity Microeconomics, Pages 363-418
Chapter 14 - The Size Dimension of Complex Economies—Towards a Meso-Economics: The Size of Interaction Arenas and the Emergence of Meso-Platforms of Institutional Coordination, Pages 419-447
Chapter 15 - The Information Economy and the Open-Source Principle, Pages 451-471
Chapter 16 - Networks and Innovation—The Networked Firm, Innovation Systems, and Varieties of Capitalism, Pages 473-498
Chapter 17 - Policy Implications: New Policy Perspectives for Private Agents, Networks, Network Consultants, and Public Policy Agencies, Pages 499-527
Chapter 18 - How to Deal with Knowledge of Complexity Microeconomics: Theories, Empirics, Applications, and Actions, Pages 529-551
Index, Pages 553-566