In the media
Welcome to my media section. Here, you'll find a collection of my comments, quotes and contributions to various articles to give you a comprehensive overview of my insights into the world of economics.
J Doyne Farmer, physicist "I like doing things that people think are impossible"
March 10th, 2026, Diari ARA
The economist trying to save the planet with his own crystal ball
March 3rd, 2026, The Standard
Doyne Farmer Wants To Drag Economics Into The 21st Century
February 13th, 2026, CleanTechnica
February 12th, 2026, The Guardian
How better modelling could fix economic blind spots
January 9th, 2026, The Post
Now Arriving: A New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence
September 25th, 2025, The New York Times
Lessons from chaos theory on Trump tariff bottlenecks
July 7th, 2025, Risk.net
Comment: How forging ahead with Net Zero could make Britain money
April 6th, 2025, The Independent
Kemi Badenoch’s net zero rant comes close to political tragedy
March 20th, 2025, The Telegraph
Taloustieteen toisinajattelija
March 11th, 2025, Helsingen Sanomat
The Clean Energy Revolution Is Unstoppable
February 28th, 2025, Wall Street Journal
January 12th, 2025, L’Express
January 12th, 2025, RCR Wireless News
Anthony Albanese’s reading list: which books and essays deserve the PM’s time this summer?
December 9th, 2024, The Guardian
A Conversation with J. Doyne Farmer – Pioneer in AI, Chaos Theory & Complex Systems
November 19th, 2024, Thought Economics
Opinion: Desperate for good news about climate change? Consider the pace of clean energy growth
September 27th 2024, Los Angeles Times
How cheap solar power could have arrived decades ago
September 5th 2024, Science|Business
Is chaos the key to better economics?
August 12th 2024, New York Times
Bee hieroglyphs and more: Books in brief
August 16th 2024, Nature
August 5th 2024, Kling’s Corner book review, The Library of Economics and Liberty
The scientist who sees our chaotic future
June 1st 2024, The New Statesman
Best books on economics: Accessible reads on a complex topic
July 25th 2024, The Standard
The Physicist Who Went From Quant-Trading Pioneer to Energy-Transition Guru
3 May 2024, WSJ Climate & Energy newsletter
The best new books on economics
29 April 2024, Financial Times
Fossil fuels could have been left in the dust 25 years ago
26 April 2024, Financial Times
The man reinventing economics with chaos theory and complexity science
16 April 2024, New Scientist
Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World, reviewed
24 April 2024, Irish Tech News
Treasury ignored Oxford study warning that Eat Out 'did not make economic sense'
26 November 2023, The Daily Telegraph
Covid lockdowns were NO more effective than Swedish-style softer approach, major Oxford University-backed study suggests
16 November 2023, The Daily Mail
Rishi Sunak’s net zero U-turn is a ‘big miscalculation’ that will ultimately backfire. Here’s how.
September 2023, Big Issue
Longer supply chains 'bring innovation and lower prices'
January 2022, Supply Management
UK energy crisis highlights the risks of green transition
September 2021, Bloomberg
Going big and fast on renewables could save trillions in energy costs
September 2021, Bloomberg
COVID and the Economy: A Complexity Modelling Approach - Santa Fe Institute Video Seminar (April 16, 2020)
Brexit: Some facts to ponder on today’s lapsed landmark
March 2019, The Scotsman
Collective awareness
March 2018, Edge
Generalizing Moore
March 2016, Nature Physics
How soon do you have to buy heat pumps and EVs to avoid climate catastrophe?
14 November 2023, The Washington Post
Savings will flow
June 2023, letter to The Sunday Times
Make the clean stuff cheap
November 2021, Pitchfork Economics podcast
Going big and fast on renewables could save trillions in energy costs
September 2021, Washington Post
Multi-risk model approach can build stronger catastrophe insurance industry
March 2021, Artemis
Doyne Farmer’s next big adventure: capturing the universe
June 2020, Risk.net
Chaos scientist finds hidden financial risks that regulators miss
October 2019, Bloomberg
Study suggests a key assumption of economic theory may be wrong
February 2019, The London Economic
How evolution can make sense of the stock market
January 2018, The Atlantic
Predicting the next financial crisis
February 2016, Science in Action, BBC World Service
Divest fossil fuels — the time for engagement is over
May 2022, The Financial Times
A New Strategy for Climate: Make the Clean Stuff Cheap
November 2021, Democracy
New research busts popular myths about innovation
September 2021, Wall Street Journal
To cut uninsured risks and prevent bankruptcies use more models, finds Oxford study
March 2021, Reinsurance News
Virus report predicts large job, income losses across U.S.
May 2020, Santa Fe New Mexican
Meet the advocates of using contracts to gauge economic health
November 2020, Financial Times
Newswise Live Expert Panel for April 30, 2020: New tech from engineers, assessing the recession (April 30, 2020) - transcript available
Decarbonised energy system may ultimately be cheaper
June 2019, Utility Week
The reinvention of economics after the crash
December 2018, Quartz
New report warns of looming UK energy crisis, puts forward renewables as solution
January 2016, Solar Power Portal