Nature: An Economic History

by Geerat J. Vermeij

Book Overview

From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of thought--economics, evolution, and history--that have developed largely in mutual isolation. Here, Geerat Vermeij undertakes a groundbreaking and provocative exploration of the facts and theories of biology, economics, and geology to show how processes common to all economic systems--competition,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069112793X
• ISBN13: 9780691127934
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"