Economic evolution and structure: the impact of complexity on the U.S. economic system
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| adam_text | Economic evolution
and structure
The impact of complexity on the U S economic system
FREDERIC L PRYOR
Swarthmore College
CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
List of tables and diagrams page xi
Acknowledgments xv
1 Complexity in the economy 1
The meaning of structural complexity 3
Impacts of structural complexity 6
Measurements of structural complexity 11
Final remarks on methodology 13
2 Population 18
Demographic structures: Ethnicity, family structure,
education, and age 19
Economic structures: The distribution of income and wealth 29
The future 38
The impact of trends of structural complexity 41
Final word 48
3 The labor force: Complexity and unemployment SO
Structural complexity and the skill levels of the job structure 51
Structural complexity and the heterogeneity of occupations 56
The rising long-term level of unemployment 57
Conclusions and implications for the future 73
4 The labor force: Changes in sectors and organization 75
The shift of the labor force to the information sector 75
Changes in the labor-management environment 87
Conclusions and implications for the future 97
5 Wealth, ownership, and the financial structure 101
Trends in the ownership and composition of wealth 102
Trends in the structural complexity of the financial system 103
Implications: Financial distress 110
Implications: Volatility of production and financial variables 114
Conclusions and implications for the future 123
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6 Production institutions and management 127
Managing complexity: Changes in internal corporate structures 127
The size distribution of productive units 136
The separation of ownership and control 142
Summary and implications for the future 155
7 The behavior of markets 158
Some retail price behavior in domestic markets 159
Changes in the degree of market competition 167
Market volatility 170
Conclusions and implications for the future 177
8 The foreign trade sector 181
Changes in the relative share of foreign trade in the GDP 182
The skill content of exports and imports 190
Competitiveness and structural complexity 193
Conclusions and implications for the future 206
9 The government sector 210
Evolution of the size of the government sector 211
Government expenditures as a response to structural
complexity 212
The government as a generator of structural complexity 224
The impact of structural complexity on governmental policy
effectiveness 231
Conclusions and implications for the future 236
10 The future of U S capitalism 242
Economic performance as a stimulus to systemic change 243
Forces in the socioeconomic environment stimulating
systemic change 247
Scenarios of alternate capitalisms 265
A brief summary 269
Epilogue 270
Appendix notes 272
1 1: The meaning of complexity 272
1 2: Use of the Theil statistic 273
2 1: Educational and religious heterogeneity 274
2 2: Further details on wage and salary inequalities 275
2 3: The raw material content of consumption at different
income levels 283
2 4: A simulation model of population and economic growth 283
Contents ix
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2 5: Statistical notes for Chapter 2 287
3 1: Determination of the skill level of the occupational
structure 288
3 2: Calculations of wage rigidity 289
3 3: Other statistical notes for Chapter 3 292
4 1: Statistical notes for Chapter 4 293
5 1: Changes in the ownership of wealth 294
5 2: Detailed results of the volatility tests 297
5 3: Statistical notes for Chapter 5 299
6 1: Financial fragility in the nonfinancial corporate sector 300
6 2: The structure of production units 303
6 3: Trends in executive compensation 306
6 4: More data from the company survey 308
6 5: Statistical notes for Chapter 6 308
7 1: The data set of domestic prices 309
7 2: Further data on concentration ratios 309
7 3: Further comments on price volatility 309
8 1: Internationalization of the U S economy 325
8 2: The direction of trade 329
8 3: Additional data on job characteristics and trade 330
8 4: Additional data on competitiveness 332
8 5: Statistical notes for Chapter 8 334
9 1: Particular economic features of the federal governmental
sector 335
9 2: Simulation model of the federal governmental sector 337
9 3: Statistical notes for Chapter 9 340
10 1: Values held by managers 341
10 2: The U S macroeconomic performance 341
10 3: Additional remarks on alternate scenarios for capitalism 343
10 4: Environmental catastrophes and the economic system 356
Bibliography 358
Index 388
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