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Short Links: Climate change economics and impacts, dealing with data, and analyzing social networks

Paul Krugman writes a popular article in New York Times Magazine on climate change economics. Nature reports on how Marine Reserves can be a ‘win–win’ for fish and fishermen.  Our colleague Terry Hughes research is mentioned. Nature Reports Climate Change … Continue reading

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Economics as a complex systems science

An interesting interview of Paul Krugman by Edward Hugh is on A Fistful of Euros: E.H. : The late Sir Karl Popper used to contrast what he regarded as science with ideologies like Marxism and Psychoanalysis, because there seemed to … Continue reading

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Krugman on Keynes and Uncertainty

Paul Krugman reviews Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky in the Observer.  He writes: …there’s an alternative interpretation of what Keynes was all about, one offered by Keynes himself in an article published in 1937, a year … Continue reading

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Paul Krugman on Betraying the Planet

In his New York Times column economist Paul Krugman strongly criticizes climate change denial in the US congress: …we’re facing a clear and present danger to our way of life, perhaps even to civilization itself. How can anyone justify failing … Continue reading

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Assorted financial crisis news and analysis

The US radio show This American Life has an informative show on how non-transparent couplings between credit default swaps allowed caused the contagion that was critical to the financial crisis – Another Frightening Show About the Economy. You can listen … Continue reading

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Paul Krugman on Resilience Economics

On Paul Krugman’s Blog he presents a graphical model of the current financial crisis in the US that implicitly discusses how the system lost resilience. He identifies leveraged investments as a slow variable which can lead to the creation of … Continue reading

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