Complex Doesn’t Mean Complicated—and Why it Matters for Political Economy What can social scientists learn from “the jagged convoluted form of a rambling river”? World Politics contributor Yuen Yuen Ang introduces adaptive political economy (APE) and fractals as inspiration...

In a spinoff of #TheStoriedTeller, in which WP will feature its 75th ann issue content, we sat down with Yuen Yuen Ang to talk about her essay from that issue and the new paradigm she proposes in it: APE or #adaptive #political #economy.
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