Positive Linking

Positive Linking by Paul Ormerod. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780571279210.

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-06-06 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: Faber & Faber According to Paul Ormerod. author of the bestselling Butterfly Economics and Why Most Things Fail. the mechanistic viewpoint of conventional economics is drastically limited - because it cannot comprehend the vital nature of networks. As our societies become ever more dynamic and intertwined. network effects on every level are increasingly profound. Nudge theory is popular. but only part of the answer. To grapple successfully with the current financial crisis. businesses and politicians need to grasp the perils and possibilities of Positive Linking.Our social and economic worlds have been revolutionised by a massive increase in our awareness of the choices. decisions. behaviours and opinions of other people. For the first time in human history. more than half of us live in cities. and this ...