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Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; 1: Introduction: A Bridge Between Past and Present; References; 2: Galilean Economics; 2.1 Trade and Numbers; 2.2 Galilean Economics; Science Is Method; Economists Quote Galileo; 2.3 Galilean Economists; 2.4 Giovanni Ceva: Geometrical Economics; 2.5 A Visual Representation of Galilean Economists; Two of Galileo's Contemporaries: Bernardo Davanzati and Geminiano Montanari; Eighteenth-Century Galilean Economists: Ferdinando Galiani, Cesare Beccaria, and Giambattista Vasco; 2.6 Gian Rinaldo Carli: A-Theoretical Economics
Erudition and ExperimentsTrade and Money; The Value of Money; Monetary Equilibrium; The Index Number; The Money Doctor; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; References; 3: Engineering Economics; 3.1 Political Economy and Statistics; 3.2 The Legacy of Galileo's Method: A Visual Representation; 3.3 Angelo Messedaglia: Mathematical Induction; Science Is Power; 3.4 Economic Complexity; Gerolamo Boccardo; Giuseppe Ricca-Salerno; The Giornale degli Economisti; Antonio Favaro; 3.5 Concluding Remarks; References; 4: Wealth Distribution; 4.1 The Pareto Distribution
4.2 Representing and Interpreting Pareto LawCantelli's Empirical Approach to Probability; Vinci's Inverse Gamma Distribution; The Amoroso Gamma Distribution; Raffaele D'Addario; Arrigo Bordin; Harro Bernardelli; 4.3 Concluding Remarks; References; 5: The Dynamics of Aggregates; 5.1 Observation and Theorization; 5.2 A Visual Representation of Pareto's Treatise; 5.3 Individual Heterogeneity and Statistical Equilibrium; Individual Heterogeneity; Statistical Equilibrium; 5.4 The Heterogeneity and Dynamism of Aggregates; The Social and Statistical Equilibrium of Aggregates
5.5 The Economics of Social Groups5.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 6: Asset Pricing Dynamics; 6.1 Stock Exchange Speculation; Vincenzo Bronzin; Angelo Ramorino; Alfonso De Pietri-Tonelli; 6.2 Economic Inertia; 6.3 Concluding Remarks; References; 7: Topological Dynamics; 7.1 Giuseppe Palomba and the Degree of Complexity; 7.2 The Scale Invariance Principle; Metrics in Economics; Lagrange's Principle; The Hermitian Operator and the Measurement of Capital; The Lorentz Group and Time as Capital; The Metric Tensor and the "Own Time" of Economic Development; The Time for Planning
7.3 Concluding RemarksReferences; 8: Moving on to Econophysics; 8.1 Majorana's Message; 8.2 A Visual Representation of the Lexical Evolution of Econophysics; Subarea I: Statistical Econophysics; Subarea II: Self-Organizing Agents; Subarea III: Networks; Subarea IV: Complex and International Networks; 8.3 Is Econophysics Still Seeking Universal Laws?; 8.4 Has Econophysics Started to Take an Interest in Other Perspectives?; References; 9: Epilogue; Reference; References; Index
Erudition and ExperimentsTrade and Money; The Value of Money; Monetary Equilibrium; The Index Number; The Money Doctor; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; References; 3: Engineering Economics; 3.1 Political Economy and Statistics; 3.2 The Legacy of Galileo's Method: A Visual Representation; 3.3 Angelo Messedaglia: Mathematical Induction; Science Is Power; 3.4 Economic Complexity; Gerolamo Boccardo; Giuseppe Ricca-Salerno; The Giornale degli Economisti; Antonio Favaro; 3.5 Concluding Remarks; References; 4: Wealth Distribution; 4.1 The Pareto Distribution
4.2 Representing and Interpreting Pareto LawCantelli's Empirical Approach to Probability; Vinci's Inverse Gamma Distribution; The Amoroso Gamma Distribution; Raffaele D'Addario; Arrigo Bordin; Harro Bernardelli; 4.3 Concluding Remarks; References; 5: The Dynamics of Aggregates; 5.1 Observation and Theorization; 5.2 A Visual Representation of Pareto's Treatise; 5.3 Individual Heterogeneity and Statistical Equilibrium; Individual Heterogeneity; Statistical Equilibrium; 5.4 The Heterogeneity and Dynamism of Aggregates; The Social and Statistical Equilibrium of Aggregates
5.5 The Economics of Social Groups5.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 6: Asset Pricing Dynamics; 6.1 Stock Exchange Speculation; Vincenzo Bronzin; Angelo Ramorino; Alfonso De Pietri-Tonelli; 6.2 Economic Inertia; 6.3 Concluding Remarks; References; 7: Topological Dynamics; 7.1 Giuseppe Palomba and the Degree of Complexity; 7.2 The Scale Invariance Principle; Metrics in Economics; Lagrange's Principle; The Hermitian Operator and the Measurement of Capital; The Lorentz Group and Time as Capital; The Metric Tensor and the "Own Time" of Economic Development; The Time for Planning
7.3 Concluding RemarksReferences; 8: Moving on to Econophysics; 8.1 Majorana's Message; 8.2 A Visual Representation of the Lexical Evolution of Econophysics; Subarea I: Statistical Econophysics; Subarea II: Self-Organizing Agents; Subarea III: Networks; Subarea IV: Complex and International Networks; 8.3 Is Econophysics Still Seeking Universal Laws?; 8.4 Has Econophysics Started to Take an Interest in Other Perspectives?; References; 9: Epilogue; Reference; References; Index