Complexity Economics Quotes

“In 1999, I was publishing a paper in Science on complexity and the economy. The editor called me from London and said, “You need a name for this approach.” I said, “No, I don’t.” “Yes, you do.” “No, I don’t.” He prevailed, and standing in a corridor on a landline I called it complexity economics. I thought it should have been called nonequilibrium economics afterwards, but it was too late. It’s been locked in.”
― W. Brian Arthur, Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium