Discovering Artificial Economics
by David Batten
Publisher: Westview Press 2000
ISBN/ASIN: 0813397707
ISBN-13: 9780813397702
Number of pages: 304
Description:
An informal and revealing introduction to the ideas of modern systems theory and self-organization as they apply to problems in the economic realm. David Batten interleaves anecdotes and stories with technical discussions, in order to provide the general reader with a good feel for how economies function and change.
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