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Chaos and Complexity Economics (with J. Doyne Farmer)
J. Doyne Farmer · 65 min
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Visit EconTalkWhy it’s worth your time
Physicist J. Doyne Farmer argues that standard economic models miss what chaos theory and agent-based simulation can capture about real human behavior. Russ Roberts pushes back throughout, which keeps the conversation honest rather than one-sided. It's a genuine debate about what economics is even trying to predict.
Listen for this question
Can economics ever be a genuinely predictive science, or is complexity too fundamental to model away?
Best way to listen
Listen while doing something repetitive, like cooking or folding laundry.
After the episode
Let the disagreement sit unresolved instead of reaching for a tidy conclusion.
Who it’s for: Listeners who like their economics questioned rather than just explained.
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