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Re: How the computer transformed economics. And didn't.

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On 2016-05-20, Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> wrote:
>
> re:
> http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016d.html#25 How the computer transformed economics. And didn't.
>
> ... also "Inside Job" gets into "captured" regulatory agencies (like
> SEC) having major role in the economic mess ... but also gets into the
> capture of major economic advisors as contributing ... including after
> the bubble hit, advice to wallstreet to put as many under financial
> obligation as means of helping obfuscate and misdirect away from those
> responsible
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_(2010_film)
>
> the capture of economists is also covered in "Economists and the
> Powerful: Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards"
> http://www.amazon.com/Economists-Powerful-Convenient-Distorted-ebook/dp/B009K44OW2
>
> past posts mentioning above:
  
But, what is to be done, what caan be done?..
Only bright side is that there is a lot for young people leaving collage
to learn, and do.

-- 
greymaus
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Ireland, Republic of.

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