Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition.Preface to the First Edition.Introduction.1 The Edwardian Explosion.2 A Formula for Failure.3 Up a Bit, Then Down a Bit.4 Making Sense of Segregation.5 Playing by the Rules.6 A Game of Chess.7 "The Best-Laid Schemes ..."8 Doves and Hawks.9 Patterns in the Dark.10 The Powers that Be.11 Take Your Pick?12 Resolving the Dilemma.13 Why Things Fail.14 What Is to Be Done?Suggestions for Further Reading.Index.

About the Author

Paul Ormerod, a theoretical economist and successful businessman, has served as the head of the Economic Assessment Unit at The Economist and the director of economics at the Henley Centre for Forecasting in England. He has taught economics at the University of London and the University of Manchester. Ormerod is founder of the consulting firm Volterra and is an alumnus of Oxford University and Cambridge University.