Economic theory failed to envisage even the possibility of a financial crisis like the present one. A new foundation is needed that takes into account the interplay between heterogeneous agents.
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Lux, T., Westerhoff, F. Economics crisis. Nature Phys 5, 2–3 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1163
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