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David Orrell

Writer, Mathematician

David Orrell is an applied mathematician and the author of many books, including Quantum Economics: The New Science of Money (2018) and Quantum Economics and Finance: An Applied Mathematics Introduction (2020). His latest book is Money, Magic, and How to Dismantle a Financial Bomb: Quantum Economics for the Real World (2022). He lives in Toronto.

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Economics

A softer economics

Financial markets are entangled and uncertain. When will economists let go of physics envy to embrace the quantum revolution?

David Orrell

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Economics

Economics is quantum

Money and brains are both quantum phenomena – so it’s not surprising that economics is overdue for a quantum revolution

David Orrell

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