Jan Schulz

This Perspective argues that ergodicity — a foundational concept in equilibrium statistical physics — is wrongly assumed in much of the quantitative economics literature. By evaluating the extent to which dynamical problems can be replaced by probabilistic ones, many economics puzzles become resolvable in a natural and empirically testable fashion.

A detailed introduction into dependency theory that rethinks its relevance to modern development challenges.

In this lecture, Branko Milanovic gives an overview of the concept of inequality as conceptualized within the classical school of thought.

Technical change, defined as the manufacture and modification of tools, is generally thought to have played an important role in the evolution of intelligent life on earth, comparable to that of language. In this volume, first published in 1983, Jon Elster approaches the study of technical change from an epistemological perspective.

One of the most authoritative authors on the intellectual heritage of John Maynard Keynes, Robert Skidelsky draws a sketch of the great man's economic thinking both accessible and insightful.

[Schumpeters Begriff der "Schöpferischen Zerstörung" ist spätestens durch die Innovationen im Silicon Valley in aller Munde. Aber was hat es damit genau auf sich? Und wie kann Schumpeters Begriff für eine Gesellschaftstheorie über rein ökonomische Phänomene fruchtbar gemacht werden?, eingefügt von J.S.]

Im Kurs lernen die Teilnehmer*innen wie man agentenbasierte Modelle in der Programmiersprache Python entwickelt.