Complexity Study Group on 25 March 2001

"Is Social Evolution Lamarckian or Darwinian?" with Professor Geoff Hodgson

Study Group material:

Geoff Hodgson's presentation on "Is Social Evolution Lamarckian or Darwinian?"

Discussion Notes compiled by Geoffrey J.C. Higgs 25/4/01

Hodgson, G. 2001. Darwinism and Evolutionary, Published in Laurent, John and Nightingale, John (eds) Economics (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar), pp. 87-118

Ormerod, P., Mounfield,C.2000. Power Law Distribution of the Duration and Magnitude of Recessions in Capitalist Economies: Breakdown of Scaling. London

Ormerod,P., Smith,L., 2001. Power Law Distribution of Lifespans of Large Firms: Breakdown of Scaling. London

Ormerod. P, Johns, H. Smith, L. 2001, Marshall's "Trees" and the Global Forest: the Extinction Patterns of the Capitalism's Largest Firms

Knudsen,T, 2000. Nesting Lamarckism within Darwinian Explanations: Necessity in Economics and Possibility in Biology," In: John Laurent and John Nightingale, "Darwinism And Evolutionary Economics," Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 121-159.