Economyths : ten ways economics gets it wrong /
Econo-myths
David Orrell.
- Mississauga, Ont. : John Wiley & Sons Canada, c2010.
- 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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]