%A R.R. Nelson %J Journal of Economic Literature %T Recent Evolutionary Theorizing About Economic Change %X The paper provides a broad overview of evolutionary thinking, and in particular, of evolutionary interpretations of socioeconomic change. The work assesses the state of the art in fields such as technological change, innovation-driven growth, and cultural and institutional evolution. It is also an important reference for all students of evolutionary change. %D 1995 %C IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria %I RR-96-005. Reprinted from Journal of Economic Literature, XXXIII:48-90 [March 1995]. %L iiasa4460