Derived from the 2001 Santa Fe Institute Conference, this volume represents scholarship from the leading figures in the area of economics and complexity. The chapters address issues in the fields of economics and complexity, accessing eclectic techniques from many disciplines. This volume is dedicated to Kenneth Arrow on his 80th birthday.

Lawrence E. Blume and Steven N. Durlauf: Introduction Christopher D. Carroll: The Epidemiology of Macroeconomic Expectations Charles F. Manski: Social Learning and the Adoption of Knowledge Lawrence E. Blume and David Easley: Rationality and Selection in Asset Markets H. Eugene Stanley, Xavier Gabaix, Parameswaran Gopikrishnan, and vasiliki Plerou: Statistical Physics and Economic Fluctuations Moshe Levy: Market Efficiency, the Pareto Wealth Distribution. And the Lévy Distribution of Stock Returns J. Doyne Farmer, László, Giulia Iori, Supriya Krishnamurthy, D. Eric Smith, and Marcus Daniels: A Random Order Placement Model of Price Formulation in the Continuos Double Action William A. Brock and Steven N. Durlauf: Multinomial Choice with Social Interactions Stephen Morris and Hyun Song Shin: Heterogeneity and Uniqueness in Interaction Games Larry Samuelson: Perspectives on the Economy as an Evolving Complex System H. Peyton Young: The Diffusion of Innovations in Social Networks Timothy G. Conley and Giogo Topa: Dynamic Properties of Local Interaction Models Joel Mokyr: Useful Knowledge as an Evolving System: The View from Economic History Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis: Prosocial Emotions Index