Paul Ormerod is een vooraanstaand econoom die zich richt op het verkennen van de complexiteit en onvoorspelbaarheid van moderne economieën. Zijn werk duikt diep in menselijk gedrag, psychologische invloeden en sociale factoren die economische uitkomsten vormgeven, waarbij traditionele rationele modellen vaak worden uitgedaagd. Ormerod benadrukt het begrijpen van hoe economische systemen evolueren en hoe daarin nieuwe patronen ontstaan, en biedt lezers een scherp inzicht in de dynamiek die onze wereld drijft.
This text questions the abilities of the economists who influence political decisions on the economy. Ormerod aims to show that traditional economists view the world in a way which ensures they will never be able to understand it. He suggests that economies are not machines, but dynamic organisms
Focuses on why some businesses fail, and how to avoid it. This book looks at a truth all too seldom acknowledged: most commercial and public policy ventures will not succeed. It shows what strategies corporations, businesses and governments will need to adopt to stand a chance of prospering in a world where only one thing is certain.
According to Paul Ormerod, author of the bestselling Butterfly Economics and Why Most Things Fail, the mechanistic viewpoint of conventional economics is drastically limited - because it cannot comprehend the vital nature of networks.
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The author's witty and informed analysis of events provides an ideal introduction to important ideas for anybody interested in how the modern economy works.
