Why Most Things Fail
evolution, extinction and economics
$35.92
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2006
Summary
Why Most Things Fail: Embracing the Inevitable in Business and Policy
From the best-selling author of The Death of Economics and Butterfly Economics, comes a groundbreaking look at a truth all too seldom acknowledged: most commercial and public policy ventures will not succeed. Paul Ormerod draws upon recent advances in biology to help us understand the surprising consequences of the Iron Law of Failure. He shows what strategies corporations, businesses, and govern…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571220137 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0571220134 |
| Author: | Paul Ormerod |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2006 |
| Weight: | 213g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
”‘Engrossing and entertaining… A careful, comprehensible analysis of the limits of human rationality’s ability to control the world.’ Alasdair Palmer, Sunday Telegraph ‘Gripping stuff.’ Krishna Guha, Financial Times”
About The Author
Paul Ormerod
Paul Ormerod is a theoretical economist who is currently researching complexity, complex systems, nonlinear feedback, the boom and bust cycle of business and economic competition. Ormerod uses a multidisciplinary approach, making use of biology, physics, mathematics, statistics and psychology as sources of results that can be applied to economics. He has written the books The Death of Economics and Butterfly Economics as well as many articles.
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