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Rosser, John Barkley was born on April 12, 1948 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of John Barkley and Annetta Louise (Hamilton) Rosser.
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The Changing Face of Economics gives the reader a sense of the modern economics profession and how it is changing. The volume does so with a set of nine interviews with cutting edge economists, followed by interviews with two Nobel Prize winners, Paul Samuelson and Kenneth Arrow, reflecting on the changes that are occurring. What results is a clear picture of today's economics--and it is no longer standard neoclassical economics. The interviews and commentary together demonstrate that economics is currently undergoing a fundamental shift in method and is moving away from traditional neoclassical economics into a dynamic set of new methods and approaches. These new approaches include work in behavioral economics, experimental economics, evolutionary game theory and ecological approaches, complexity and nonlinear dynamics, methodological analysis, and agent-based modeling. David E. Colander is Professor of Economics, Middlebury College. J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., is Professor of Economics and Kirby L. Kramer Jr. Professor of Business Administration, James Madison University. Richard P. F. Holt is Professor of Churchill Honors and Economics, Southern Oregon University.
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( This second edition of an innovative undergraduate text...)
This second edition of an innovative undergraduate text offers an approach to understanding different economic systems that reflects both recent transformations in the world economy and recent changes in the field of Comparative Economic Systems. The traditional way of teaching comparative economics, with its reliance on relatively simple dichotomies (private vs. state, planning vs. market) does not take into consideration the many variants and mixtures of economic systems that exist in the real world. The Rossers' introduction in the first edition of the concept of the "new traditional economy" -- the effort by a developing country to embed a modern economic system into a traditional culture, usually religious -- presented a new way to look at developing economies. Their innovative examination of Iran and its effort to develop a "revolutionary Islamic economy" as an alternative to market capitalism illustrates the use of this new tool in comparative economics. After a four-chapter theoretical and historical overview, the book focuses on fifteen country studies, organized by economic system. The chapters on advanced market capitalism examine the economies of the United States (a chapter new to this edition) Japan, France, Sweden, and Germany. The chapters examining transition in former socialist economies discuss Russia, the former Soviet Republics, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia (including expanded treatment of the most successful transition economy, that of Slovenia), and China. The chapters in the final section of the book discuss "alternative paths" taken by the developing economies of Iran, India (its complex mix of socialism, capitalism, and tradition is examined in a chapter new to this edition), Mexico, and South and North Korea. The book concludes with a look at future trends that will continue to transform the world economy.
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Rosser, John Barkley was born on April 12, 1948 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of John Barkley and Annetta Louise (Hamilton) Rosser.
1 child, Alexandra Ashley. Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1969, Master of Arts, 1972, Doctor of Philosophy, 1976. Project specialist Institute Environmental Studies, Madison, Wisconsin, 1972-1975.
Planning analyst Department Natural Resources, Madison, 1975-1976.
Professor economics James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1977, Kirby L. Kramer Junior chair of business administration, 1996.
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( The Changing Face of Economics gives the reader a sense...)
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Member American Economics Association, Southern Economics assosiation, New York Academy Sciences.
Married Sue A. Vilhauer, August 31, 1968 (divorced 1979). Married Marina R. Vcherashnaya, May 24, 1987. Children: Meagan Rebecca, Caitlin Elizabeth.