Yaneer Bar-Yam on Economics. The financial crisis raises questions about the role science can play in the analysis of policy.
The rapid decline in market value of individual corporations and the stock market as a whole in 2008 has been variously blamed on mortgage policies, or selling of borrowed securities (short selling) that amplified the impact of mortgage-backed securities. Here we show that crashes are related to panic, characterize the network of economic interdependence and analyze market regulations (the uptick rule). Food and Commodity Markets D.K. Economics as a Complex Adaptive System. Why is libertarianism wrong? The origins, background, values, effects, and defects of libertarianism.
Some sections are unavoidably abstract, but at the end some irreducible value conflicts are clearly stated. Note that this is not intended as a formal argument with libertarians: as explained below, there are no shared premises for such an argument. If you are a libertarian, it is pointless for you to read this: go somewhere else. origins Libertarianism is part of the Anglo-American liberal tradition in political philosophy. Critiques Of Libertarianism. Established 10/25/94.
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