In Episode 88, Dr Brendan Markey-Towler returns to Economics Explored to speak with host Gene Tunny about the important insights of Evolutionary Economics, a sub-field of economics which owes a lot to Joseph Schumpeter’s perspective on economic growth emphasising creative destruction. Brendan is the co-author of the 2020 book Economics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Internet, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, published by Routledge. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Queensland.
Links relevant to the conversation
What is evolutionary economics – Brendan’s Medium article
Books with chapters on Schumpeter:
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers
Nelson and Winter’s 1982 classic:
An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change
Veblen’s article:
Why is Economics not an Evolutionary Science?
Please send through any questions, comments or suggestions to contact@economicsexplored.com and Gene will aim to address them in a future episode.
