The evolution of economies, technologies, and other institutions: exploring W. Brian Arthur's insights
探讨复杂性经济学之父W. Brian Arthur关于技术作为复杂适应系统如何与制度相互塑造的洞见，为研究制度的经济学家、政治学家和社会学家提供概念与技术工具。
Abstract Technology is a complex adaptive system that is both shaped by, and shapes, institutional arrangements. This critical insight, developed in depth by W. Brian Arthur – the father of complexity economics – is relevant to researchers interested in institutions. Arthur provides a method for capturing the underlying dynamics. He offers conceptual tools centred on the concept of increasing returns to make sense of some crucial challenges. He also suggests technical tools, including agent-based modelling, to tackle ill-defined economic, legal, and institutional problems. This article explores his body of work and derives some institutional insights from it.