TY - BOOK AU - Hodgson,Geoffrey Martin TI - Economics in the shadows of Darwin and Marx: essays on institutional and evolutionary themes SN - 1845424972 AV - HB99.5 .H633 2006 U1 - 330.1 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA PB - Edward Elgar KW - Evolutionary economics KW - Institutional economics KW - Social Darwinism KW - Marxian economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-253) and index; Introduction -- Marxism, Darwinism, institutionalism -- Darwin and Marx at the crossroads -- Social Darwinism in anglophone academic journals -- Institutionalism versus Marxism : a debate with Alex Callinicos -- Three essays on critical realism -- The uncritical political affinities of critical realism -- Contestable claims by for critical realism in economics -- The problem of formalism in economics -- Habits and individuals; routines and institutions -- What are institutions? -- The hidden persuaders -- The complex evolution of a simple traffic convention -- The nature and replication of routines N2 - "Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx" examines the legacies of these two giants of thought for the social sciences in the twenty-first century. This collection of essays establishes the importance of Darwinism for economics and other social sciences, and compares the Darwinian legacy with that of Marx. UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006011741.html ER -