Naslov
Organizational patterns of economies: an cological perspective

Autori
Matutinović, Igor

Izvornik
Ecological economics (0921-8009) 40 (2002), 3; 421-440

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Adaptability ; Ascendency theory ; Complex adaptive systems ; Connectivity ; Diversity ; Efficiency ; Business failures ;

Sažetak
A complex adaptive systems paradigm can be used to abridge theorizing in ecological and economic sciences. The paper discusses economic flows, connectivity and stability from the perspective of theoretical ecology. The global economy, by analogy with ecosystems, appears to self-organize as an ascendent system: most of the world trade is done among the tiny fraction of technologically advanced countries and trade interaction strength exhibits a power law with exponential decay. Small world behavior and preferential attachment characterizes interactions among economic agents. Industrial economies and the world economic system as a whole appear to evolve towards the ‘maximum power’ efficiency. Development that fosters efficiency in the maximum power sense (all the world becomes industrialized) implies a trade- off in socio-economic diversity, and may be antithetical to the stability of the global economy. If we take an ecological perspective, then the problem of global development does not reside in the realm of technology or global governance. It boils down to the question of required natural balance in living systems, the balance between organized complexity and overhead, the harmony between efficiency and adaptability.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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