Economics

Policy & Impact

TURNING RESEARCH INTO REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS

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How complexity can resolve the crisis in economics

Economics is in crisis. On one hand, behavioural economics is now well-established, but on the other hand, most economics models are still based on rational expectations with constraints. The standard program adds more and more constraints to rationality in hopes that this will approximate real behaviour. Professor Doyne Farmer looks at the solutions complexity economics can offer.