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John Barkley Rosser, Jr: Discontinuities and the Four C’s in Economic Theory

K. Vela Velupillai, AI-ECON Research Center, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, kvelupillai@gmail.com
 
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K. Vela Velupillai (2025), "John Barkley Rosser, Jr: Discontinuities and the Four C’s in Economic Theory", Review of Behavioral Economics: Vol. 12: No. 4, pp 425-444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/105.00000219

Publication Date: 11 Sep 2025
© 2025 K. V. Velupillai
 
Subjects
Economic theory,  Political economy
 
Keywords
JEL Codes: B31, C02, C18, C65, D02
Discontinuitygeneralistneo-classical economicscatastropheschaoscomplexities
 

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In this article:
Introduction 
Discontinuities in Economic Theory 
The Four C’s: Cybernetics, Catastrophes, Chaos and Complexities 
Concluding Notes 
References 

Abstract

This is an extremely specialised homage to a dear, departed, friend, John Barkley Rosser, Jr., whose academic stance and work I have admired for over forty years. I was first introduced to his work in capital theory, but this article is mainly about discontinuities, the “4 C’s” and a paean for the generalists that he championed in, and for, economic theory viewed as emergent and evolutionary.

DOI:10.1561/105.00000219

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