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Monthly Archives: December, 2011

  • Collapse and Joseph Tainter December 30, 2011

joelfirenze’s tweets

  • #OriginofWealth was one of the first few books that tried to combine economics with complexity science. One of thos… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 weeks ago
  • #governingthecommons was a paradigm-changing book in stating how scarce goods could be allocated, not through marke… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 weeks ago
  • #OriginofWealth was one of the first few books that tried to combine economics with complexity science. One of thos… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 weeks ago
  • #governingthecommons was a paradigm-changing book in stating how scarce goods could be allocated, not through marke… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 weeks ago
  • #JosephTainter explains that large complex societies collapse (break down into simpler social units) because solvin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 weeks ago

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