SFI Professor Doyne Farmer and two SFI collaborators are featured in a Wall Street Journal article describing the search for new kinds of economic models.
The article describes the possible role of agent-based modeling in understanding complex economic behavior and a project, led by Farmer and funded by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, to develop such models.
Read the Wall Street Journal article (November 30, 2010)
See also:
INET's support of SFI-led economic modeling project (October 26, 2010)
SFI Update article, "Are we flying the economy by the seat of our pants?" (July 2010)
INET supports 2nd SFI-affiliated economic modeling project
Other coverage:
Harvard Business Review blog article (December 2, 2010)
Article in the Wall Street Journal blog "Real-Time Economics" (October 18, 2010)
Newsweek article, "Our Best Minds Are Failing Us" (September 16, 2010)
The Economist article, "Agents of Change" (July 22, 2010)
CNBC article, "Techonomy on Reinventing Markets" (August 12, 2010)
Capitol Report New Mexico blog article (December 1, 2010)