What is "minsky"

Minsky (; ) is a family name originating in the Eastern Europe. It is also a Jewish surname.

Minsky is an open source visual computer program for simulation of economic models using a system dynamics approach to model the kind of non linear complex systems found in national economies. Its name is a tribute to the American economist Hyman Minsky (1919 – 1996) who pioneered the underlying economic model. The originator of the Minsky simulator project is, Dr. Steve Keen.