The economics of Alfred Marshall is reassessed in the light of new developments in the natural sciences whereby a nonequilibrium thermodynamic approach is adopted to analyze self-organization in dissipative structures. It is argued that there is a clear correspondence between Marshall's treatment of time irreversibility and this modern approach, particularly when the latter is set in an informational context. Thus, his Principles is viewed as a very useful starting point in adapting the self-organization approach for application in economics. The main features of such a post-Marshallian approach to economics are discussed and compared with the mechanical approach of neoclassicism. Copyright 1993 by Royal Economic Society.
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Volume (Year): 103 (1993) Issue (Month): 419 (July) Pages: 975-91 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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