The leaders of the world are flying the economy by the seat of their pants, say J. Doyne Farmer and Duncan Foley. There is, however, a better way to help guide financial policies.
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Farmer, J., Foley, D. The economy needs agent-based modelling. Nature 460, 685–686 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460685a
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