“Entrepreneurs have only the murkiest picture of the future in which they are making their bets, and also there is ambiguity: they don't know when they push this lever or that lever that the outcome is going to be what they think it is going to be - there is the law of unanticipated consequences.”

American economist

Edmund Strother Phelps is an American economist and Nobel laureate. He received the 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Phelps is best known for his work in economics, especially the research that led to his Nobel recognition. His writing and public remarks often reflect economic theory and the forces that shape markets, inflation, and employment.