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DESCRIPTION:For our January, 2025 meeting we will be reading the first seven chapters 
 Making Sense of Chaos by by J. Doyne Farmer (Yale University Press, 
 Amazon)\nWe live in an age of increasing complexity—an era of 
 accelerating technology and global interconnection that holds more promise, 
 and more peril, than any other time in human history. The fossil fuels that 
 have powered global wealth creation now threaten to destroy the world they 
 helped build. Automation and digitization promise prosperity for some, 
 unemployment for others. Financial crises fuel growing inequality, 
 polarization, and the retreat of democracy. At heart, all these problems 
 are rooted in the economy, yet the guidance provided by economic models has 
 often failed.\n \nMany books have been written about J. Doyne Farmer and 
 his work, but this is the first in his own words. It presents a manifesto 
 for how to do economics better. In this tale of science and ideas, Farmer 
 fuses his profound knowledge and expertise with stories from his life to 
 explain how we can bring a scientific revolution to bear on the economic 
 conundrums facing society.\n \nUsing big data and ever more powerful 
 computers, we are now able for the first time to apply complex systems 
 science to economic activity, building realistic models of the global 
 economy. The resulting simulations and the emergent behavior we observe 
 form the cornerstone of the science of complexity economics, allowing us to 
 test ideas and make significantly better economic predictions—to better 
 address the hard problems facing the world.\nStrike Debt Bay Area hosts 
 this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical 
 economic thinking. Previous readings have included (in chronological 
 order) Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and 
 Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The 
 Deficit Myth,  Revenge Capitalism, the Edge of Chaos blog symposium 
 , Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, The 
 Optimist’s Telescope, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing 
 Capitalism, Exploring Degrowth, The Origin of Wealth, Mine!, The Dawn 
 of Everything  A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Beyond 
 Money, Less is More,  Cannibal Capitalism,  Debt, the First 5000 Years 
 , Poverty, By America, End Times, Jackson Rising Redux , The Feminist 
 Subversion of the Economy, How Infrastructure Works, Inside the Systems 
 that Shape our World, Wealth Supremacy, The Persuaders,  The Path to a 
 Livable Future, Solidarity,  Mutual Aid and Breaking Together.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/28/18871765.php
SUMMARY:Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: "Making Sense of Chaos"
LOCATION:Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online 
 invite.  All are welcome.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/28/18871765.php
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