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World employment and social outlook 2015. The changing nature of jobs

January 4, 2016

From the recent ILO (International Labour Organization) World Employment and Social Outlook – the changing nature of jobs publication. The part on labour and the increasing importance of international supply chains is a ‘must read’ – the economic history of today. Where are workers less likely to have a permanent contract? Increasing poverty for households … More World employment and social outlook 2015. The changing nature of jobs

Why Real Business Cycle models can’t be taken seriously

August 17, 2015

They try to explain business cycles solely as problems of information, such as asymmetries and imperfections in the information agents have. Those assumptions are just as arbitrary as the institutional rigidities and inertia they find objectionable in other theories of business fluctuations … I try to point out how incapable the new equilibrium business cycles … More Why Real Business Cycle models can’t be taken seriously

Economic models — increasingly sophisticated and totally useless

March 23, 2015

We need a new way of modeling macro economics instead of assuming that aggregate action leads to generalized welfare #SmartEconomy #finance #Money #Innovation #RealWorldEconomics … More Economic models — increasingly sophisticated and totally useless

Managing Risk in a Globalized Economy – The London Economic

March 2, 2015

Managing risk in a globalized economy – The London Economic. Take a 10 question survey. Help us build the economic models of the future. Be part of something big. We need your opinion as a consumer!

Where Innovation Should be Headed

January 29, 2015

“An unlimited pool of ideas lost to a sea of short sighted goals” Innovation in the twenty first century has a very narrow definition that centers on the purpose of creating immediate monetary value. This term can take several shapes, such as creating a new product that people want to buy, finding new ways of … More Where Innovation Should be Headed

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