Micromotives and Macrobehavior. was originally published over twenty-five years ago, yet the stories it tells
feel just as fresh today. And the subject of these stories--how small and seemingly meaningless decisions and actions
by individuals often lead to significant unintended consequences for a large group--is more important than ever.
In one famous example, Thomas C. Schelling shows that a slight-but-not-malicious preference to have neighbors of
the same race eventually leads to completely segregated populations.
The updated edition of this landmark book contains a new preface and the author's Nobel Prize acceptance speech.