Complexity and the Art of Public Policy
Subtitle: Solving Society's Problems from the Bottom Up
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780691152097
Subjects: Complexity (philosophy); Economic policy; Evolutionary economics; Policy sciences
Description: Complexity science-made possible by modern analytical and computational advances-is changing the way we think about social systems and social theory. Unfortunately, economists' policy models have not kept up and are stuck in either a market fundamentalist or government control narrative. While these standard narratives are useful in some cases, they are damaging in others, directing thinking away from creative, innovative policy solutions. Complexity and the Art of Public Policy outlines a new, more flexible policy narrative, which envisions society as a complex evolving system that.