Why Most Things Fail. Evolution, Extinction and Economics.

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Named a Business Book of the Year 2006 by Business Week. Analyzes how companies and policy-setting government sectors alike behave like living organisms and why change and evolution are essential to their continued existence. By the author of The Death of Economics (1994), and Butterfly Economics (1998). "This is a fascinating analysis. Few economists have such a sure grasp of physics and biology... [Ormerod's book] deserves a wide readership." –The Times