Information and the Change in the Paradigm in Economics, Part 1
@article{Stiglitz2003InformationAT, title={Information and the Change in the Paradigm in Economics, Part 1}, author={J. E. Stiglitz}, journal={The American Economist}, year={2003}, volume={47}, pages={26 - 6} }
The research for which George Akerlof, Mike Spence, and I are being recognized is part of a larger research program which, today, embraces hundred, perhaps thousands, of researchers around the world. In this lecture, I want to set the particular work which was sited within this broader agenda, and that agenda within the broader perspective of the history of economic thought. I hope to show that Information Economics represents a fundamental change in the prevailing paradigm within economics…
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