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Ontology and the foundations of evolutionary economic theory: on Dopfer and Potts' General Theory of Economic Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2009

JOCHEN RUNDE
JOCHEN RUNDE*
Affiliation:
Judge Business School, Cambridge University
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*Email: j.runde@jbs.cam.ac.uk
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Abstract:

This paper offers a critique of the ‘ontology of evolutionary realism’ proposed in Kurt Dopfer and Jason Potts’ recent General Theory of Economic Evolution, concentrating particularly on their treatment of social rules.

Type
Review Article
Information
Journal of Institutional Economics , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , December 2009 , pp. 361 - 378
Copyright
Copyright © The JOIE Foundation 2009

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