W. Brian Arthur

A Short Bio-Background

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A full publication list is available on request.

Additional bio material available in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Economics

For a history of my early work in increasing returns and complexity and role in getting Santa Fe Institute's first research program started, see M. Mitchell Waldrop's book Complexity, Simon and Schuster, 1993; and the interesting article on publication practices in economics: How are the Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic articles by Leading Economists, by Gans and Shepard, J. Econ Perspectives 8, 165-179, 1994

For the connection between early increasing returns work of mine and the current Dept. of Justice vs. Microsoft case, see John Cassidy's article, "The Force of an Idea," in the New Yorker, January 12, 1998.