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Information and Communication in Economics

Information and Communication in Economics

Hardcover

Series: Recent Economic Thought, Book 32

EconomicsGeneral Reference

ISBN10: 0792393589
ISBN13: 9780792393580
Publisher: Springer
Published: Nov 30 1993
Pages: 347
Weight: 1.61
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.52 Depth: 9.58
Language: English
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 as locus of power; information as evolutionary agent; and media systems as devices for control.

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