Uncertainty in Economic Thought

Edited by Christian Schmidt, Professor of Economics, University of Paris–Dauphine, France

Uncertainty in Economic Thought brings together an international group of scholars to explore the treatment of uncertainty in various different schools of economic thought.

Beginning with the nineteenth century and the Austrian School, this major volume discusses orthodox and heterodox views on risk, uncertainty and expectations, from Knight and Keynes to Maurice Allais. Demonstrating that new insights can be found by examining the work of past economists, the authors focus on the two major paths linking uncertainty to economics: the decision-making process itself and system dynamics. After addressing the foundations and concepts of the uncertainty debate, the distinguished contributors, who include such figures as Mark Perlman, Charles McCann, Christian Schmidt, Omar Hamouda and Robin Rowley, discuss the main trends in the history of economic thought aswell as statistical and mathematical approaches.

”。我们可以认为,不确定性是一个有用的”instrument” for economic knowledge, even if it has not had enough consideration in the history of economic thought. This book contributes to filling the void.’
– Gianfranco Tusset, History of Economic Ideas

”。this volume, taken as a whole, will serve its readers as a superb, near-encyclopedic reference source for further reading and thought on the role of uncertainty in economic thought.’
– Israel M. Kirzner, Southern Economic Journal