While exploring how and why we have market meltdowns, it's natural to ask  whether any economic ideology comes close to mapping to the vast literature about known, biological model market systems, i.e. species and ecosystems.  Looking for consistent p… more »

by Guest Author Roger Erickson I am a biologist by training, transitioned from thinking about evolving nervous systems to thinking about scalable community, business and market systems.   My goal as business columnist is not to comment on specific i… more »

by Roger Erickson, a letter to The Washington PostPatrick, Your firm's two recent articles did indeed go to far, in deliberately misleading readers on what is actually a very simple point. One article is (partially) reprinted below, the other is  h… more »