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Normes comptables
Robin Hanson Dept. of Economics George Mason University
Long-Term Growth As A Sequence of Exponential Modes
7568 views this month; 109433 overall Some while back, I found myself sitting next to an accomplished economics professor at a dinner event. Shortly after pleasantries, I said to him, “economic growth cannot continue indefinitely,” just to see where things would go. It was a lively and informative conversation. I was somewhat alarmed by the disconnect between economic theory and physical constraints—not for the first time, but here it was up-close and personal. Though my memory is not keen enough to recount our conversation verbatim, I thought I would at least try to capture the key points and convey the essence of the tennis match—with some entertainment value thrown in.
Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist
"Nos phobies économiques" en vidéo
April 22 & 29, 2002 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE How Nassim Taleb turned the inevitability of disaster into an investment strategy One day in 1996, a Wall Street trader named Nassim Nicholas Taleb went to see Victor Niederhoffer.
[2002] Blowing up | Gladwell.com
Victor Niederhoffer
Victor Niederhoffer (born December 10, 1943 [ 1 ] ) is a hedge fund manager, champion squash player, bestselling author and statistician . Victor Niderhoffer was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family. His father, Arthur, graduated from Brooklyn Law School but went to work in the police. Victor’s mother, Elaine was a teacher.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb ( Arabic : نسيم نيقولا نجيب طالب , alternatively Nessim or Nissim , born 1960) is a Lebanese American essayist and scholar whose work focuses on problems of randomness , probability and uncertainty. [ 3 ] His 2007 book The Black Swan was described in a review by Sunday Times as one of the twelve most influential books since World War II . [ 4 ] He is a bestselling author, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and has been a professor at several universities, currently at Polytechnic Institute of New York University and Oxford University . [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He has also been a practitioner of mathematical finance , [ 10 ] a hedge fund manager, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] a Wall Street trader , [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] and is currently a scientific adviser at Universa Investments and the International Monetary Fund . [ 17 ] [ 18 ]
[2010] Benoit Mandelbrot et l'histoire de la finance
Benoit Mandelbrot est mort, à l'âge de 85 ans. Il appartiendra à des mathématiciens d'expliquer les apports de cet immense personnage, l'un des plus importants de la seconde moitié du 20ième siècle. Les mathématiques de Mandelbrot ont touché à des domaines très différents, dont la finance et l'économie. C'est à sa place dans l'histoire de la finance qu'est consacré ce post.
La banque Syz soupçonnée de travailler au noir en France :: Le Courrier :: Quotidien suisse indépendant
ENQUÊTE - La justice française reproche à l'établissement genevois d'être inconnu des services fiscaux et du registre du commerce. Des accusations démenties par la banque. Le groupe bancaire suisse Syz & CO sert-il de bouc émissaire dans une France qui a fait de la lutte contre les paradis fiscaux l'une de ses priorités?
Observatoire des inégalités
Comprendre - Analyses Les inégalités ne sont pas une fatalité le 25 octobre 2006 La montée des inégalités n’est pas inéluctable. Leur évolution dépend de choix politiques et il est possible de les réduire, explique Jean Gadrey, économiste. Extrait de son livre "En finir avec les inégalités", paru aux éditions Mango. Une des premières preuves de la non irréductibilité des inégalités que nous connaissons, c’est qu’il existe dans l’histoire contemporaine des périodes où elles ont nettement diminué.
Why do we call financial instruments "exotic"? Three Republican senators have agreed to support the financial regulatory reform bill , making passage extremely likely. The legislation will more tightly regulate so-called exotic financial instruments like credit default swaps.
When did people start referring to financial instruments as "exotic"? - By Brian Palmer
C’est venu comme un pressentiment, une certitude, presque : 2010 sera l’année du bide. Sobiz avait à peine terminé de digérer son Osso Bucco surgelé arrosé de mauvaise Villageoise en cubi que déjà, les indices pleuvaient comme la giboulée de mi-saison sur le parking du Bricomarché d’Hazebrouck : le retour à la chanson de Nilda Fernandez après avoir participé à un opéra rock de Tri Yann ; la nouvelle tournée de Faudel ; Pavel Nedved pressenti à l’AS Cannes ; le design nihiliste de la nouvelle Nissan Cube ; ou encore la chanson « Risotto aux courgettes » d’Arnaud Fleurent-Didier, proclamé nouveau roi de la chanson française par une frange, certainement avant-gardiste, de la presse culturelle. Eh bien, qu’on se le dise, lecteurs fidèles et néanmoins adipeux : dans le business aussi, une bonne flopée de bides se prépare. De l’espace au high-tech, SoBiz s’en va vous en détailler cinq, histoire de ne pas laisser le mauvais esprit pollué par les bonnes résolutions.
Cinq bides pour 2010, épisode 1 : la scission d’Accor - SoBiz, l
Is There Global Economic Slowdown In The Works? | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion
According to Ralph Atkins writing in the Financial Times last week , “the pace of Germany’s recovery is helping dispel fears of a “double dip†recession across the continent as a result of the crisis over public finances in southern European countries”. Coincidentally, however, on the very same day, Alan Beattie writing from Washington informed us that the IMF feel “the risk of a slowdown in the global economic recovery has risen sharply”. This left me asking myself which is it: is the global recovery a question of up up and away, or are we at the start of a renewed slowdown (whether or not you wish to term this a “double-dip”)? So I thought I would take a look through some of the most recent data (both hard and soft) to see if I could make any sense of the situation.Jetzt haben die Russen nach Informationen des Handelsblatts dem RWE-Konzern, einem der Initiatoren von Nabucco, ein unmoralisches Angebot unterbreitet: RWE soll sich an der konkurrierenden Pipeline South Stream, einem Gazprom-Projekt, beteiligen. Das Angebot wurde von mehreren mit den Gesprächen vertrauten Personen bestätigt. Offiziell halten sich die Unternehmen aber bedeckt. Sollte RWE auf das Angebot eingehen, würden die Chancen von Nabucco gegen Null sinken.
Geplante Gas-Pipelines: Gazprom ködert RWE mit unmoralischem Angebot - Unternehmen - Industrie - Handelsblatt.com
Yet again. Here’s what the BBC has to say in its updated-for-the-upcoming-elections online background article about France: But France’s economy has grown more slowly than any other developed country in the world. In 2006, its 2% growth was the worst in Europe. Well, sorry to beat a late parrot, but one year does not a trend make: if we look at, say, the 5-years period between 2002 and 2006, the average annual rate of growth of France was a meagre 1.6% *, but that is equal to the euro area average and higher than what the Netherlands (1,4%) and Germany (0,9%) and Italy (0,7%) and Portugal (0,6%) managed over the same period.
Economic nonsense about France | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | Eur
France - Europe's New Sick Man?
Guest Post by Claus Vistesen As recovers from the election of Sarkozy as new president this Sunday one of the topics which quite naturally has been high on the agenda throughout the campaign is the French economy and how to move things forward in what, after all, constitutes the Eurozone's second biggest economy. I am of course not the only one who has made the assessment that the French economy may now be on the brink of something of a new era after so many years with Chirac at the helm and scoping around through the economic commentaries the French economy is apparently not in a particularly good shape. Over at Morgan Stanley's GEF, for example, Eric Chaney recently nominated as the new sick man of Europe invoking four macroeconomic indicators (GDP growth, exports, unemployment and public finances) as being worrying beacons of 's new economic laggard.The French Economy Is Back At Number 5 Globally
Well, following the good results for French GDP produced in Q3 2007 (as detailed in this post here ) - and the weakening performance of the UK economy as the credit crunch starts to really bite, we have a surprising result : "The size of the British economy has slipped below that of France for the first time since 1999 thanks to the slide in the value of the pound. Sterling’s rapid fall to 11-year lows against European currencies has also pushed Britain into sixth place in the world.Indices & rapports statistiques
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If billionaires don't feel guilty about walking away from their
Article intéressant, sur les faillites stratégiques des entreprises/des riches investisseurs et une comparaison directe avec la moralisation permanente (et du coup très étrange) aux USA d'une pratique similaire de la part de particuliers. by Dec 26
Words of Wisdom from Robert Shiller
Les commentaires (dont le mien) s'approchent plus de l'article de Slate, et s'opposent violemment à Shiller ainsi qu'à l'auteur de Marginal Revoution. by Jan 5
Le nouvel Economiste – 5 novembre 2009
Sur le grand emprunt de Sarkozy. by Dec 15
Global Economy Matters
Pour les liens en colonne de droites. by Dec 29
Devrait être dans le pearltree "politique". En est séparé pour des raisons purement pratiques de classement. by moktarama Dec 26