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Introduction - modern evolutionary economic perspectives - an overview,John Foster and Stan Metcalfe. Part 1 Theoretical perspectives: thecoevolution of technology and institutions as the driver of economic growth,Richard Nelson, commentary -institutions, macroevolution and economicselection, John Gowdy; from evolution to language and learning, BartNooteboom, commentary, Paolo Ramazzotti; theorizing complexity, RobertDelorme, commentary - simplicity in theories of complexity -defining, knowingand doing, Drew Wollin; self-organizing and Darwinian selection in economicand biological evolutions - an inquiry into the sources of organizinginformation, Pavel Pelikan, commentary - the origins of successful economicorganizations - a Darwinian explanation with room for self-organizing, BryanMorgan; history friendly theories in economics - reconciling universality andcontext in evolutionary analysis, Kurt Dopfer, commentary, Jason Potts. Part2 Empirical perspectives: considerations about a production system withqualitative change, Paolo Saviotti; heterogeneity and evolutionary change -empirical conception, findings and unresolved issues, Horst Hanusch and UweCantner, commentary, John Nightingale; measuring complexity - puzzles andtentative solutions, Francisco Louca, commentary, Steve Keen; knowledge,ignorance and the evolution of complex systems, Peter Allen, commentary,Kevin Bryant; promoting innovation - an overview of the application ofevolutionary economics and systems approaches to policy issues, Kevin Bryant.