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Minsky 2.0 Introduction (5) Chaotic and Complex System Models

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Minsky is excellent for demonstrating the behaviour of complex system models like Lorenz’s model of fluid turbulence. It’s also perfect for showing how little most economists know about dynamics. I have a go at Professor Reis from the LSE for trying to rescue economic modelling by claiming that weather forecasting 3 to 5 years in ...

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Minsky is excellent for demonstrating the behaviour of complex system models like Lorenz’s model of fluid turbulence. It’s also perfect for showing how little most economists know about dynamics. I have a go at Professor Reis from the LSE for trying to rescue economic modelling by claiming that weather forecasting 3 to 5 years in advance isn’t very good either…


Steve Keen
Steve Keen (born 28 March 1953) is an Australian-born, British-based economist and author. He considers himself a post-Keynesian, criticising neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific and empirically unsupported. The major influences on Keen's thinking about economics include John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx, Hyman Minsky, Piero Sraffa, Augusto Graziani, Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Thorstein Veblen, and François Quesnay.

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