Micromotives and Macrobehavior revised - Softcover

Schelling, Thomas C

 
9780393329469: Micromotives and Macrobehavior revised
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393329461 ISBN 13: 9780393329469
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006

Synopsis

"Schelling here offers an early analysis of 'tipping' in social situations involving a large number of individuals." ―official citation for the 2005 Nobel Prize

Micromotives and Macrobehavior was originally published over twenty-five years ago, yet the stories it tells feel just as fresh today. And the subject of these stories―how small and seemingly meaningless decisions and actions by individuals often lead to significant unintended consequences for a large group―is more important than ever. In one famous example, Thomas C. Schelling shows that a slight-but-not-malicious preference to have neighbors of the same race eventually leads to completely segregated populations.

The updated edition of this landmark book contains a new preface and the author's Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

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About the Author

Thomas C. Schelling (1921―2016) was the co-winner of the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science and the Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Maryland.

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0393329461
ISBN 13 
9780393329469
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
272