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Kenneth E. Boulding

One of the most important skills of the economist, therefore, is that of simplification of the model. Two important methods of simplification have been developed by economists. One is the method of partial equilibrium analysis (or microeconomics), generally associated with the name of Alfred Marshall and the other is the method of aggregation (or macro-economics), associated with the name of John Maynard Keynes.

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A second possible approach to general systems theory is through the arrangement of theoretical systems and constructs in a hierarchy of complexity, roughly corresponding to the complexity of the "individuals" of the various empirical fields. . . leading towards a "system of systems. ". . . I suggest below a possible arrangement of "levels" of theoretical discourse. . . . (vi). . . the "animal" level, characterized by increased mobility, teleological behavior and self-awareness.

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