Introduction -- The random walk -- Beyond the simple random walk -- Understanding interactions through cross-correlations -- Why care about a power law? -- The log-normal and extreme-value distributions -- When a single distribution is not enough? -- Explaining complex distributions with simple...

Macroeconomics -- Macroeconomic thought during the long nineteenth century -- Gold standard, reparations, mania, crash, and depression -- Maynard ascendant -- Keynesian growth, cycles, and crisis -- The counter-revolution -- Finance -- The international dimension -- Keynesianism and the crisis