The Origin of Wealth by Eric D. Beinhocker | Book Club

Full Title: The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and Society
Alternative Title: Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics by Eric D. Beinhocker

Suggested by: Ron R.
Pages to read: 494
ISBN: 9781578517770 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9781633695979 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is wealth?
•What are emergent properties?
•By what design?
•How does evolution effect society?
•How was the idea of evolution effected by economics?
•How can the use of science and evolution corrupt economic understanding?
•Why do people cooperate?
•What are network effects?
•How does hierarchy effect information?
•How to compete?
•How has economics changed or stayed the same?
•What did economics use from physics?
•What ideas of Adam Smith are effective?
•What is the law of diminishing marginal utility?
•What is the Pareto optimal equilibrium?
•How did Neoclassical paradigm gain acceptance?
•What kind of model is needed to understand human behavior?
•What effect did behavior economics have?
•How does change effect equilibrium economics?
•What is an evolutionary stable strategy?
•How did physical technology evolve?
•Why does innovation have an S-Curve?
•What are the conditions for economic value?
•What happened to the British East India Company?
•What is the Red Queen race?
•Why do firms exist?
•What kind of culture should a company have?
•What is the purpose of a model?
•What kind of wealth exists?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.