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Economyths : ten ways economics gets it wrong / David Orrell.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Mississauga, Ont. : John Wiley & Sons Canada, c2010.Description: 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780470677933
  • 0470677937
Other title:
  • Econo-myths
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.5/42 22
LOC classification:
  • HB 3722 O75e 2010
Contents:
The anarchic economy -- The connected economy -- The unstable economy -- The extreme economy -- The emotional economy -- The gendered economy -- The unfair economy -- The over-sized economy -- The unhappy economy -- The good economy.
Summary: This book is written from the perspective of the applied mathematician, David Orrell. He states that economics is a mathematical model of human behaviour and the economy is dangerously unstable and unbalanced, and the risk models are unreliable.--[From introduction]
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-271) and index.

The anarchic economy -- The connected economy -- The unstable economy -- The extreme economy -- The emotional economy -- The gendered economy -- The unfair economy -- The over-sized economy -- The unhappy economy -- The good economy.

This book is written from the perspective of the applied mathematician, David Orrell. He states that economics is a mathematical model of human behaviour and the economy is dangerously unstable and unbalanced, and the risk models are unreliable.--[From introduction]

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