18 years ago Jane Jacobs published The Nature of Economies, which explicitly applies principles of biomimicry to economic philosophy. It's absolutely brilliant

18 years ago Jane Jacobs published The Nature of Economies, which explicitly applies principles of biomimicry to economic philosophy. It's absolutely brilliant and has been the cornerstone of my economic thinking ever since. Also, it's been a somewhat sardonic pleasure to watch the mainstream economics world haltingly get the memo. They've come a long way since 2000, but still have a long ways to go. If you want to see what economic understanding will eventually look like, just cut to the chase and read The Nature of Economies today.