Welcome to Evonomics—the gathering place for people building the new economy based on the best scientific knowledge available. Evonomics isn’t just a site; it is a cooperative effort to establish a new economic paradigm that will improve the quality of life for society as a whole, not just a privileged faction.
Economic thinkers around the world increasingly realize that the central assumptions of traditional economic thought are bankrupt. Talk of “homo-economicus”, “free market solutions”, and “trickle-down economics” are routinely ridiculed as absurd when viewed against the complex realities of life. It’s clear now that the field of economics doesn’t have answers to our most pressing problems. There are calls for a new economic paradigm—one that is based on what it means to be human and how complex systems like economies function.
The need has never been greater for an approach that works. Everyone from top-level economists and policy planners to thought leaders and community activists share a common thread; global threats ranging from climate disruption to radical wealth inequality are the logical conclusion of faulty economic thinking. The solutions to these systemic problems must be built around a different set of intellectual pillars than the ones currently breaking down.
In the halls of academia, far from the public eye, there has been a quiet revolution in economic thinking. The failed economic assumptions, ideas, and analytical frameworks are being replaced by approaches based on the latest science of human behavior and complex social systems. A small interdisciplinary group has taken up the challenge to set course on a new beginning. Their work has received some attention, but not nearly enough.
This new paradigm is what we call Evonomics. It is the next evolution of economics.
On February 1, 2015, at the Ernst Strüngmann Forum, over forty intellectual leaders from across the world met to rethink and reshape economics. They were tasked to establish new foundations for the field using complexity and evolutionary principles. Much progress was made, but more work is needed to make economics relevant for the 21st century.
Few outside the research world are aware of these deep and profound changes underway and how they have the power to transform politics and policy. This is why we are making Evonomics the public home for thinkers who are working on the next evolution of economics and who want to see their ideas influence society.
WHO WE ARE
Evonomics is a community of leaders who come from all walks of life ranging from business and politics to non-profit organizations and universities. They share the goal to update economics and public policy with the latest scientific knowledge.
The site is managed by journalists and marketing and communication entrepreneurs who have spent years collaborating with the community of scientists and intellectuals on their groundbreaking approach. Evonomics is the culmination of the years they spent engaging this community behind the scenes to provide the public with a fresh perspective for economics.
Robert Kadar
Robert Kadar is co-founder of Evonomics and is a marketing and communications expert. He has helped launch many sites including This View of Life, the popular online science magazine he founded. Robert spent years working at the Evolution Institute with scientists to promote their important ideas to the general public. His last creation is the children’s book Great Adaptation.
Joe Brewer
Joe Brewer is co-founder of Evonomics and was the founder and director of Cognitive Policy Works. He is an innovation strategist who weaves together brilliant people and ideas to create integrated solutions at the intersections of the advocacy, policy, and technology worlds. Throughout the last decade Joe has sought to understand human values and behavior through the study of cognitive semantics and complex systems with the goal of helping build livable communities for the 21st century.
Key Partners
Evonomics works with a range of organizations, scientists, journalists, artists, filmmakers, advertisers and marketers to bring the new economic paradigm to life and to influence future generations of leaders.
The Evolution Institute
The Evolution Institute connects the world of evolutionary science to the world of public policy formulation.
Advisors
David Sloan Wilson
Peter Turchin
Rory SutherlandSarah van Gelder
Victor HwangJonathan KochmerKoAnn Vikoren SkrzyniarzTerry BurnhamGeorge CooperJason CollinsFinn JacksonSteve Roth
Ulrich WittRobert FrankJ.P. Rangaswami
John Gowdy
Lisi KrallAnthony Biglan
Peter Turchin
Rory SutherlandSarah van Gelder
Victor HwangJonathan KochmerKoAnn Vikoren SkrzyniarzTerry BurnhamGeorge CooperJason CollinsFinn JacksonSteve Roth
Ulrich WittRobert FrankJ.P. Rangaswami
John Gowdy
Lisi KrallAnthony Biglan
More to come…
Be Involved
We welcome you to take part in the next evolution of economics. Join, collaborate, and contribute! We’ll be sending out regular updates as we build toward launch. Sign up now to be kept in the loop!
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