1: Introduction -- 2: Intuitions about Welfare – Under the Constraint of Computability -- 3: Sraffa, Keynes and a New Paradigm -- 4: On the Meaning Maximization Doctrine: An Alternative to the Utilitarian Doctrine -- 5: A Generalization of Sraffa’s Notion of “Viability” in a ‘Land...

The multiplier/accelerator discretely revisited / R.M. Goodwin -- Harrodian macrodynamics in generalized coordinates / L. Punzo -- Applications of mathematics to the Goodwin model / G. Ricci -- Learning by doing and cyclical growth / V. De Nicolo -- The occurrence of erratic fluctuations in...

This book contains a collection of the most significant contributions to some of R.M. Goodwin's ideas, which were presented on the occasion of the outstanding economist's 73rd birthday celebrations held in Modena on February 24th, 1986. The most important feature of this book is the unique...

pt. 1. Prelude -- pt. 2. Dynamical systems, business cycles and macroeconomics -- pt. 3. Computable economics -- pt. 4. Constructivity, rationality and complexity in economic theory -- pt. 5. History of thought and methodology -- pt. 6. Capital, viability and growth -- pt. 7. Markets and their...