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The capitalist network that runs the world - physics-math - 19 October 2011. AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy. The study's assumptions have attracted some criticism, but complex systems analysts contacted by New Scientist say it is a unique effort to untangle control in the global economy. Pushing the analysis further, they say, could help to identify ways of making global capitalism more stable.
The idea that a few bankers control a large chunk of the global economy might not seem like news to New York's Occupy Wall Street movement and protesters elsewhere (see photo). "Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it's conspiracy theories or free-market," says James Glattfelder. The Zurich team can. So, the super-entity may not result from conspiracy. 1. (Data: PLoS One) The Intelligence of Games. ELL_Assumptions_and_Evidence. Cognitive Biases - A Visual Study Guide. When markets fail. A repeating narrative during this crisis is that fiscal austerity is required in order to satisfy the “markets”, that amorphous collective of bond traders, gamblers, speculators, crooks and whatever else.
The regular threats coming from the ratings agencies (those crooks who lied to investors in order to make profits via cosy deals with the originators of the “assets”) reinforce the idea that markets are the “regulators” of good judgement. Economics students are taught that one of the imperatives of government is to deregulate in order to allow the market signals to be clear and strong so we can act in accordance with the “markets” judgement of prudence. It is a paradigm built on a myth. Markets fail and easily become corrupted and arenas where criminals dominate. The signals they send are also deeply flawed and should not be acted upon. One of the lessons of this crisis is that our agents – the governments we elect – have to make markets work for us not the other way around. What? 1. Game Theory with Ben Polak. Harald Schumann - Wirtschaftliche Macht und Demokratie. More ELL. Game Theory / Other Sources. The Education of Games. English Language Learners.
MATH. U.S. Simulation Forecasts Perils of an Israeli Strike at Iran. ELT 3. HELM workbooks in pdf format. Career Development ELT. Math.com - World of Math Online. Division. Inspiring Writing. Solving Rational Equations: Introduction. Solving Rational Equations: Introduction (page 1 of 3) While adding and subtracting rational expressions is a royal pain, solving rational equations is much simpler. (Note that I don't say that it's "simple", just that it's "simpler".) This is because, as soon as you go from a rational expression (with no "equals" sign in it) to a rational equation (with an "equals" sign in the middle), you get a whole different set of tools to work with. In particular, you can multiply through on both sides of the equation to get rid of the denominators.
Solve the following equation: This equation is so simple that I can solve it just by looking at it: since I have two-thirds equal to x-thirds, clearly x = 2. X = 2 Solve the following equation: To solve this, I can convert to a common denominator of 15: Now I can compare the numerators: x – 1 = 6 x = 7 Note, however, that I could also have solved this by multiplying through on both sides by the common denominator: x – 1 = 2(3) x – 1 = 6 x = 7 x = 4/3. Geometry. CLIL. HELM - Workbooks. Videos. CCSS MATH. Dogme. Decimals. Online English Learning Communities. Mathematics : s3. Algebra. English Language Teaching. IXL Math and English | Online math and language arts practice.
Interactive Math Games. Speaking Tools & Activities. Probability and Game Theory in The Hunger Games | Wired Science. This is a guest post by Michael A. Lewis (PDF), a friend of mine who is a professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. One of the things I found most interesting and surprising about the movie The Hunger Games (HG) is how mathematical it is.
The basic premise of the story is that there is a society in what used to be North America made up of a centralized capital and 12 outer districts. Seventy-four years ago the districts staged an uprising against the capital which was violently put down. As punishment for this transgression, every year each of the districts must send one boy and one girl (it’s not clear what would happen to transgendered persons in this world) to take part in the Hunger Games.
This is a televised “contest” in which 24 children between the ages of 12 and 18 (inclusive) fight to the death until there is a sole survivor who is declared the winner. The way districts choose which boy and girl to send to the capital for the Hunger Games is by lot. Worksheets. Inspiring Writing. U.S. Simulation Forecasts Perils of an Israeli Strike at Iran. Testing. Teaching Teenagers. [quant-ph/0004076] Quantum Games.
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