Economic Structure and Decomposition Techniques: Heuristics of Morphogenesis
摘要
Structural economic dynamics is associated with changes in the relative weight of the economic system’s components, or of the dynamic forces affecting it. These changes may also entail a change in the system’s distinctive identity (morphogenesis). This chapter outlines a heuristic of morphogenesis based on the distinction between simple and complex specifications of the system’s structure. The former are based on a single decomposition of structure, the latter on a plurality of decompositions. Morphogenesis is associated with changes in the system’s relevant decomposition and highlights the emergence of different bottlenecks and opportunities as the system switches from one type of decomposition to another.