Preface and acknowledgments --
pt. 1. A paradigm shift --
1. The question : how is wealth created? --
2. Traditional economics : a world in equilibrium --
3. A critique : chaos and Cuban cars --
pt. 2. Complexity economics --
4. The big picture : sugar and spice --
5. Dynamics : the delights of disequilibrium --
6. Agents : mind games --
7. Networks : oh what a tangled web we weave --
8. Emergence : the puzzle of patterns --
9. Evolution : it's a jungle out there --
pt. 3. How evolution creates wealth --
10. Design spaces : from games to economics --
11. Physical technology : from stone tools to spacecraft --
12. Social technology : from hunter-gatherers to multinationals --
13. Economic evolution : from big men to markets --
14. A new definition of wealth : fit order --
pt. 4. What it means for business and society --
15. Strategy : racing the Red Queen --
16. Organization : a society of minds --
17. Finance : ecosystems of expectations --
18. Politics and policy : the end of left versus right --
