Some economists had hoped that physicists might shake up the rigid theories typical of mainstream economics. But so far, they're unimpressed by physicists' handling of the markets. Philip Ball reports.
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Ball, P. Culture Crash. Nature 441, 686–688 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/441686a
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