Background
Witt, Ulrich was born on November 6, 1946 in Goettingen, Germany. Son of Heinrich and Ilse Witt.
(Change manifests itself in all facets of the economy. Thi...)
Change manifests itself in all facets of the economy. This important collection of previously published essays illustrates how the evolutionary approach can reveal not only where change comes from, and how it happens, but also where it will lead. The Evolving Economy covers a broad spectrum of issues ranging from the biological foundations of economic behavior to the co-evolution of firms, markets, and institutions. Ulrich Witt's individualistic approach synthesizes elements familiar from the writings of Veblen and Schumpeter on economic evolution. A conceptual debate on what the notion of evolution means in the economic context is as much emphasized as is the discussion of concrete hypotheses explaining why and how evolutionary economic change comes about. Offering an outline of a paradigm focusing on endogenous economic change, this book will be of great interest to economists and economic historians. Sociologists, philosophers and anthropologists will also find this work invaluable as it presents an encompassing assessment of the role of Darwinian thought for understanding human behavior and societal evolutio
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Witt, Ulrich was born on November 6, 1946 in Goettingen, Germany. Son of Heinrich and Ilse Witt.
Diploma Volkswirt, University Goettingen, 1972. Dr.Rer.Pol., University Goettingen, 1979. Dr.Habil, University Mannheim, Germany, 1985.
Lecturer University Goettingen, 1972-1980. Senior lecturer University Mannheim, 1980-1986, associate professor, 1987-1988. Visiting professor University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1986-1987.
Professor University Freiburg, Germany, 1988-1995. Director Institute for Research in Economic Systems Max-Planck-Institute, Jena, Germany, since 1995.
(Change manifests itself in all facets of the economy. Thi...)
(Book by Witt, U., Perske, J.)
Married Ilona Jungwirth, February 24, 1948. Children: Roman, Paulina.