Orrell, David

Economyths : ten ways economics gets it wrong / Econo-myths David Orrell - London : Icon Books Ltd, c2010. - 316 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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].

9781848311480 (pbk.)


Economics
Financial crises
Rational expectations (Economic theory)
Economic forecasting