 Soros's theories were originally dismissed by economists, but have received more attention after the 2008 crash including becoming the focus of an issue of the "Journal of Economic Methodology".The notion of reflexivity provides an explanation of the theories of complexity economics, as developed at the Santa Fe Institute, although Soros had not publicized his views at the time the discipline was originally developed there in the 1980s.Although the primary manifestation of the reflexive process that Soros discusses is its effects in the financial markets, he has also explored its effects in politics.