Economyths by Orrell, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Introduction

Storm warnings Bad coin

CHAPTER 1 - THE ANARCHIC ECONOMY

Rational mechanics Rational economics Imaginary lines The visibly shaking hand The lines and the unicorn The economic weather Emerging economy

CHAPTER 2 - THE CONNECTED ECONOMY

Particle theory Atomic markets Random motion Changeable, with a risk of crashes Electrical storm The science of networks Fixing the grid

CHAPTER 3 - THE UNSTABLE ECONOMY

Efficiency, stability, and rationality Fixed point The market pendulum The governor Harmony of tensions The reflexive economy Having a Minsky moment Out of control

CHAPTER 4 - THE EXTREME ECONOMY

Games of chance Pascal’s wager For whom the bell tolls The supreme law of unreason Shaky grounds Fractal markets Going critical Getting to normal Living on the edge

CHAPTER 5 - THE EMOTIONAL ECONOMY

Irrational numbers The Logic Piano The model economy Truth and beauty The prediction test Irrational humans Don’t mention the bubble The imperfect economy Why predict? Prove it

CHAPTER 6 - THE GENDERED ECONOMY

Financial terror Emotional capital Odd son Dressing as Apollo Household misrule Financial alchemy Give us some credit Heart-breaker The house race The power of yang Myths and consequences The Great Yinification

CHAPTER 7 - THE UNFAIR ECONOMY

Mirror image Circulation of the elites How to get rich Broken symmetry CEO-nomics Corporate power Unequal opportunities Improving circulation Tipping point

CHAPTER 8 - THE OVER-SIZED ECONOMY

The Delphic bee The carbon question Closed economy Super spike Selling futures Appropriate measures The living economy Ecology vs. economics The healthy economy

CHAPTER 9 - THE UNHAPPY ECONOMY

The physics of happiness Bad energy Share the joy Warm and fuzzy The pursuit of unhappiness Reasons to be cheerful What’s wrong with this picture?

CHAPTER 10 - THE GOOD ECONOMY

A new truth Logic Piano II The money game The price is wrong Fuzzy logic That’s entertainment Dirty oil Breaking the piano A new economics

NOTES RESOURCES Acknowledgements INDEX