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- catalog abstract ""Why did VHS, an inferior video recorder technology, succeed in the marketplace, driving the superior Betamax out of business? Why do big-budget, acclaimed movies sometimes flop at the box office, while low-budget, idiosyncratic films become huge hits? The answers to these questions, says Paul Ormerod, remind us that economics is a science based on the workings of human society, as unpredictable an entity as there is." "In this analysis of why human beings persist in engaging in behavior that defies time-honored economic theory, Ormerod also explains why governments and industries throughout the world must completely reconfigure their traditional methods of economic forecasting if they are to succeed and prosper in an increasingly complicated global marketplace."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11488902.
- catalog created "[c1999]".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "[c1999]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[c1999]".
- catalog description ""Why did VHS, an inferior video recorder technology, succeed in the marketplace, driving the superior Betamax out of business? Why do big-budget, acclaimed movies sometimes flop at the box office, while low-budget, idiosyncratic films become huge hits? The answers to these questions, says Paul Ormerod, remind us that economics is a science based on the workings of human society, as unpredictable an entity as there is." "In this analysis of why human beings persist in engaging in behavior that defies time-honored economic theory, Ormerod also explains why governments and industries throughout the world must completely reconfigure their traditional methods of economic forecasting if they are to succeed and prosper in an increasingly complicated global marketplace."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-203) and index.".
- catalog description "ch. 1. Living at the edge of chaos -- ch. 2. Dedicated followers of fashion -- ch. 3. To catch a thief -- ch. 4. Family values -- ch. 5. 'Use the maths, then burn it' -- ch. 6. Illusion of control -- ch. 7. Quantitative quagmire -- ch. 8. Ups and downs -- ch. 9. Through a glass darkly -- ch. 10. Wealth of nations -- ch. 11. To have and have not -- ch. 12. Great oaks from little acorns.".
- catalog extent "xv, 217 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0375407650".
- catalog identifier "9780375407659".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "[c1999]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog subject "338.9 21".
- catalog subject "Economic policy.".
- catalog subject "Economics Sociological aspects.".
- catalog subject "HD87 .O76 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "ch. 1. Living at the edge of chaos -- ch. 2. Dedicated followers of fashion -- ch. 3. To catch a thief -- ch. 4. Family values -- ch. 5. 'Use the maths, then burn it' -- ch. 6. Illusion of control -- ch. 7. Quantitative quagmire -- ch. 8. Ups and downs -- ch. 9. Through a glass darkly -- ch. 10. Wealth of nations -- ch. 11. To have and have not -- ch. 12. Great oaks from little acorns.".
- catalog title "Butterfly economics : a new general theory of social and economic behavior / Paul Ormerod.".
- catalog type "text".