What do insects, the weather and chaos theory have to do with the economy? According to Paul Ormerod, everything.
The economy is like society itself, he argues: a complex system living on the edge of chaos. Conventional economics has always failed to predict and manage its fluctuations. Governments and businesses need to adopt quite different mindsets and less heavy-handed approaches. Hence 'Butterfly Economics'.
'A fascinating and entertaining introduction to the economics of the 21st century.'
New Statesman
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Butterfly Economics
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 : Living at the Edge of Chaos
- CHAPTER 2 : Dedicated Followers of Fashion
- CHAPTER 3 : To Catch a Thief
- CHAPTER 4 : Family Values
- CHAPTER 5 : ‘Use the Maths, then Burn It’
- CHAPTER 6 : The Illusion of Control
- CHAPTER 7 : A Quantitative Quagmire
- CHAPTER 8 : Ups and Downs
- CHAPTER 9 : Through a Glass Darkly
- CHAPTER 10 : The Wealth of Nations
- CHAPTER 11 : To Have and Have Not
- CHAPTER 12 : Great Oaks from Little Acorns
- Conclusion: Less Can Be More
- APPENDIX 1 : Can conventional economic forecasting ever be successful? Some possible defences – but still guilty as charged!
- APPENDIX 2
- APPENDIX 3
- Selected and Annotated Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
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