David Orrell. Writer and Mathematician
Quantum Economics Resources
“David is our go-to source for anything and everything about quantum finance and economics.” Paul Wilmott, Editor-in-Chief, Wilmott magazine
“David Orrell literally wrote the book on Quantum Economics.” Cointelegraph
Related research articles
Quantum Impact and the Supply-Demand Curve. Discussion paper available at SSRN.
Quantum uncertainty and the Black-Scholes formula. Quantum Economics and Finance, 2024.
A quantum oscillator model of stock markets. Quantum Economics and Finance, 2024.
What is quantum economics and finance? (with E. Haven and R. Hawkins). Quantum Economics and Finance, 2024.
Blinded by science: The empirical case for quantum models in finance. real-world economic review, 2024.
A quantum model of implied volatility. Wilmott 2024(131).
Is non-quantum finance too much of a stretch? Wilmott 2024(129): 26-28.
Fix the VIX: A quantum perspective on the fear index. Wilmott 2023(127): 48-50.
The Black-Scholes magic trick, explained! Wilmott 2023(126): 90-93.
Keep on Smiling: Market Imbalance, Option Pricing, and the Volatility Smile. Wilmott 2023(124): 58-64.
Market impact through a quantum lens. Wilmott 2022(122): 50-52.
Quantum oscillations in the stock market, Wilmott , 2022(120):26-33, July 2022.
Quantum propensity in economics (with Monireh Houshmand), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2021.
A quantum walk model of financial options, Wilmott, March 2021.
The Color of Money: Threshold Effects in Quantum Economics, Quantum Reports 3(2), 325-332, 2021.
Quantum financial entanglement: The case of strategic default, in: Quantum Decision Theory and Complexity Modelling in Economics and Public Policy, eds. Chakraborti et al. Springer-Cham (2021).
Quantum-tative Finance, Wilmott, March 2020.
The value of value: a quantum approach to economics, security and international relations, Security Dialogue, 51(5), 482-498, 2020. Also published as a chapter in: Quantum International Relations: A Human Science for World Politics, Der Derian J and Wendt A (Eds), Oxford University Press, 2022.
A Quantum Model of Supply and Demand, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 539C: 122928, 2020, preprint at SSRN.
Quantum Economics, Economic Thought, 7 (2), 63-81, 2018.
A Quantum Theory of Money and Value, Part 2: The Uncertainty Principle, Economic Thought, 6 (2), 14-26, 2017.
A Quantum Theory of Money and Value, Economic Thought, 5 (2), 19-28, 2016.
BBEДEHИE B MATEMATИКУ КBAHTOBOЙ ЭКOHOMИКИ (Russian translation of mathematics primer) .
Video tutorials
Related talks
Certificate of Quantitative Finance Institute, June 5, 2024. A Quantum Finance Approach to Option Pricing
Certificate of Quantitative Finance Institute, June 14, 2023. Imaginary Oscillations: Quantum Uncertainty and the Black-Scholes Formula
Certificate of Quantitative Finance Institute, July 13, 2022. Let's Do Quantum Economics!
Money From Nothing: A Deep Dive Into Quantum Economics. Ada Lovelace Festival. Dec 9, 2021.
Quantum Social Science Bootcamp. Mershon Center, July 12-16, 2021 (see event)
Certificate of Quantitative Finance Institute, June 2, 2021. Quantum Economics and Finance: The Quantum Option
Certificate of Quantitative Finance Institute, July 1, 2020. Quantum Economics and Finance: The Quantum Coin Trick
International Studies Association conference, Toronto, March 29, 2019. Quantizing IR panel (see text of talk)
International Symposium on Forecasting, Boulder, June 18, 2018
Quantum Theory and the International, Mershon Center, Ohio, April 8-9, 2018. The Value of Money: Monetary Exchange as a Quantum System
Rebuilding Macroeconomics Instability Hub workshop, London, March 8, 2018
Other articles
A softer science, Aeon, 2022
Text of talk at International Studies Association conference, Toronto, March 29, 2019. Quantizing IR panel.
Economics is Quantum, Aeon, 2018
A tale of two workshops, World Finance, 2018
Of Minds and Money, Rebuilding Macroeconomics, 2018
Why Economists Can't Predict the Future, Newsweek Japan, 2017 (English version)
The True Value of Money, Adbusters 121, 2015
A Quantum Theory of Money and Value, Bitcoin Magazine, 2015. Also available in French and Spanish
Quantum Money, World Finance, 2015
Press and interviews
Quantum Economics: Could A New Economic Paradigm Be Guided By Quantum Models? The Quantum Insider, 2024
Interview - David Orrell, E-International Relations, 2023
The Magical Properties of Money ft. David Orrell, Top Traders Unplugged, 2022
David Orrell's Money Magic, Gaiageld.com
A quantum walk down wall street, The Economist, November 6, 2021
Quantum Economics von David Orrell (German), Zwischen zwei Deckeln, 2021
Interview with Quantum News, 2021
'Spooky' Quantum Ideas in Finance: podcast interview with CQF Institute, 2021
Quantum Gateway: interview with Wilmott Magazine, 2020
Economists behave like a clerical class: interview with Mandiner Magazine (Hungarian), 2020
Andrew Sheng, Condivergence: The duality of life, The Edge Malaysia, May 29, 2019
Interview with Management Today, December 14, 2018
Alexander Valchyshen, Economics and quantum mechanics (Ukrainian), Pravda Ukraine, June 15, 2018
Colin Teese, Money and Quantum Physics (review of The Evolution of Money), News Weekly, February 2017