TY - BOOK AU - Peters, Edgar E TI - Complexity, risk, and financial markets SN - 978-0471399817 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Economic History KW - Austrian school of economics KW - Uncertainty KW - Free enterprise N1 - $19.95; Introduction: Life, Risk, and Uncertainty. UNCERTAINTY, COMPLEXITY, AND SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATION. Imposing Order: Conspiracies and the Mathematics of Ignorance. Uncertainty, Vagueness, and Ambiguity: The Need for Information. Complexity and Time: The Dynamics of Uncertainty. FREE MARKETS AND THE NEED FOR UNCERTAINTY. Subjectivism: "The Economics of Time and Ignorance." Diversity and Knowledge. Crisis and Competition: Creative Destruction in Free Markets. Economic Evolution: Change in Real Time. Creativity: Uncertainty, Innovation, and Entrepreneurs. Rules and Law: Limits in Complexity. Degrees of Order: Balancing Rules, Freedom, and Uncertainty. The Need for Uncertainty. References. Index ER -