In an essay written in honour of Peter Swann, it is second nature to discuss some aspects of the economics of innovation, as that is the very challenging area of economic life where he has added so much to our understanding. I will attempt to do this by posing the problem of how innovation fits...

In this paper we try to assess the potential application of neural networks as a modelling tool for complex evolutionary processes. The concept that we wish to investigate is the one of compound learning, that is the fact that, in a complex environment, what and how much economic entities learn...

The articles in this special issue are based upon a selection of papers presented at the 'Brisbane Club' section of the 2007 STOREP Conference. We provide introductory reviews of these articles and briefly assess their contributions to the advancement of our understanding of economic evolution,...