The Human Network: How We’re Connected and Why It Matters

Review

Compelling... Professor Jackson manages not only to present a lot of complex research engagingly but to show how the key concepts of network theory relate to a wide range of contemporary issues, from financial contagions to the spread of fake news., New York Times

Beautifully readable and fascinating, Eric S. Maskin, Nobel Laureate in Economics

This thought-provoking book explains how and why human networks matter so much, and why they can be a source of strength and fragility. A must-read., Daron Acemoglu, bestselling author of Why Nations Fail

Matthew Jackson leads us through a brilliantly insightful tour of how the structures of social networks shape our lives and indeed our very humanity, Roger Myerson, Nobel Laureate in Economics

Spanning a rich array of topics, including the spread of epidemics and financial crises, political polarization, and economic inequality, The Human Network is a highly readable yet deeply informed survey of social life viewed through the lens of networks., Duncan Watts, author of Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age

The study of networks is one of the liveliest and most interesting topics in contemporary economic theory... Timely and beautifully written., Eric S. Maskin, Nobel Laureate in Economics, on Social and Economic Networks

Very engaging and worthwhile., The Enlightened Economist

About the Author

Matthew O. Jackson is a chaired professor of economics at Stanford University, an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute, and a senior fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advance Research. For over twenty years, he has been researching social and economic networks, and published a leading graduate level text on the subject: Social and Economic Networks.