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Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
ISBN: 978-0-470-08919-4
Paperback
254 pages
February 2007
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Preface to the Paperback Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Introduction.

1  The Edwardian Explosion.

2  A Formula for Failure.

3  Up a Bit, Then Down a Bit.

4  Making Sense of Segregation.

5  Playing by the Rules.

6  A Game of Chess.

7  "The Best-Laid Schemes . . . ."

8  Doves and Hawks.

9  Patterns in the Dark.

10  The Powers that Be.

11  Take Your Pick?

12  Resolving the Dilemma.

13  Why Things Fail.

14  What Is to Be Done?

Suggestions for Further Reading.

Index.

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