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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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB 3722 O75e 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000110846

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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