THE SHIFT OF CYBERNETICS FROM THE U.S. TO EUROPE: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS Stuart Umpleby, Min Cho, Mateo Ruggia and Arjan Qefalia Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 umpleby@gwu.edu June 24, 2010 Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Temple University, Philadelphia, PA June 24-26, 2010