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Information and Communication in Economics
Robert . Ed(S): Babe
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Description for Information and Communication in Economics
Hardback. Drawing on economics and communication studies, this text explores the implications for economic analysis of employing a more complete conceptualization of information: information as locus of power; information as evolutionary agent; and media systems as devices for control. Editor(s): Babe, Robert. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
Although there is a burgeoning interest among economists in `information economics', much of the literature adopts a reductionist conceptualization of information, defining it exclusively as reduction in uncertainty, exploring the implications of imperfect information on markets. This neoclassical treatment obscures major interrelations between economic and communicatory processes.
Drawing on a range of distinguished scholarship from both the economic and communication studies disciplines, Information and Communication in Economics explores the implications for economic analysis and our understanding of economic processes of employing a more complete conceptualization of information: information ... Read more
Although there is a burgeoning interest among economists in `information economics', much of the literature adopts a reductionist conceptualization of information, defining it exclusively as reduction in uncertainty, exploring the implications of imperfect information on markets. This neoclassical treatment obscures major interrelations between economic and communicatory processes.
Drawing on a range of distinguished scholarship from both the economic and communication studies disciplines, Information and Communication in Economics explores the implications for economic analysis and our understanding of economic processes of employing a more complete conceptualization of information: information ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Series
Recent Economic Thought
Number of Pages
347
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792393580
SKU
V9780792393580
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Ref
99-15
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