Table of Contents
Preface xi
Prologue xiii
1 The Many-Model Thinker 1
2 Why Model? 13
3 The Science of Many Models 27
4 Modeling Human Actors 43
5 Normal Distributions: The Bell Curve 59
6 Power-Law Distributions: Long Tails 69
7 Linear Models 83
8 Concavity and Convexity 95
9 Models of Value and Power 107
10 Network Models 117
11 Broadcast, Diffusion, and Contagion 131
12 Entropy: Modeling Uncertainty 143
13 Random Walks 153
14 Path Dependence 163
15 Local Interaction Models 171
16 Lyapunov Functions and Equilibria 181
17 Markov Models 189
18 Systems Dynamics Models 201
19 Threshold Models with Feedbacks 213
20 Spatial and Hedonic Choice 227
21 Game Theory Models Times Three 243
22 Models of Cooperation 253
23 Collective Action Problems 269
24 Mechanism Design 283
25 Signaling Models 297
26 Models of Learning 305
27 Multi-Armed Bandit Problems 319
28 Rugged-Landscape Models 327
29 Opioids, COVID-19, and Inequality 339
Notes 375
Bibliography 403
Index 431
