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The Darwinian Economy

The Reith Lectures

CHAPTER

Complexity Catastrophe

complex systems can appear to operate quite smoothly for some time, apparently in equilibrium. A slight perturbation can set off a phase transition from a benign equilibrium to a crisis. Causal relationships are often non linear. When the interrelated ness of a network increases, conflicting constraints can quickly produce complexity catastrophe.

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