Economics and Economic History

Web history and economics

In retrospect, the Web appears a very natural development, a byproduct of the growth of the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. Still, the success of the Web was actually attained through a series of fundamental misunderstandings about the direction that various technologies would take, and how society would use them. It was a tool that happened to be “good enough” to meet ...

Economic Theory and Experimental Economics

G theory had its beginnings in economics as a separate topic of analysis, practiced by a cadre of specialists. It has since become commonplace. Every economist is acquainted with the basic ideas, often without notice, and there is free movement between the use of game theory and other techniques. This incorporation as a standard economic tool has helped shape the nature of game theory itself—th...

Behavioral Economics, History of

This article reviews the historical development of behavioral economics, with an emphasis on how it has become part of mainstream economics. First I describe the separation between economics and psychology as a historical background against which behavioral economics emerged. Then I introduce critiques of expected utility theory (EUT), and explain how behavioral decision research developed usin...

Economics and the Biologists: A Review of Geerat J. Vermeij's "Nature: An Economic History"

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Economic History