Darwinism and evolutionary economics

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    Just a notice of forthcoming stuff:

    A book is being published later this year on the above topic (and with
    the above title) in which I and Jack Vromen among others have papers.

    Darwinism and evolutionary economics. eds John Nightingale and John
    Laurent. Cheltenham UK, Edward Elgar. Due 2000.

    Here is the table of contents:

    1. Introduction
    John Laurent and John Nightingale

    PART ONE

    2. Darwin, Economics and Contemporary Economists
    John Laurent

    3. The Strange "Laissez Faire" of Alfred Russel Wallace: The Connection
    between Natural Selection and Political Economy Reconsidered
    William Coleman

    4. The Evolutionary Economics of Alfred Marshall: An Overview
    Peter Groenewegen

    5. Keynes and Darwinism
    John Laurent

    PART TWO

    6. Is Social Evolution Lamarckian or Darwinian?
    Geoffrey M. Hodgson

    7. Nesting Lamarckism within Darwinian Explanations: Necessity in
    Economics and Possibility in Biology?
    Thorbjørn Knudsen

    8. The Appearance of Lamarckism in the Evolution of Culture
    John S Wilkins

    9. The Human Agent in Evolutionary Economics
    Jack J. Vromen

    The book is not likely to be available for sale until early in the new
    year. 

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    John Wilkins, Head, Graphic Production
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Melbourne, Australia
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