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The best option, indeed, is the combination that links an openness to free trade with covering individuals against the adverse consequences of exposure to the violent winds of the global market. As Dani Rodrik remarked in 1998, “government
Nicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
She explained that an externality was not irrelevant, but, rather, uncounted—a consequence without a cost.
W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
In complexity economics, agents differ and in general lack full knowledge of each other and of the situation they are in. Fundamental uncertainty is therefore the norm; ill-defined problems are the norm; and rationality is not necessarily well defined. Agents explore and learn and adapt and open to novel behavior. Outcomes may not be in
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prominence and reputation would be the keys to winning clients.
David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
WHEN EVERYONE ELSE SEEKS THE SAME DIMINISHING REWARDS BY following the same formulas in the same way, the real prizes are inevitably elsewhere. There are other veins yet to be mined, and these require a different approach. Different markets. Different values. Different networks. Different mind-sets, informed by different life experiences.
Laura Huang • Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage
Two University of Zurich researchers were equally curious: The Swiss nuclear incentive study, titled “The Cost of Price Incentives: An Empirical Analysis of Motivation Crowding-Out,” was conducted by Bruno S. Frey and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. It was published in the American Economic Review 87 (1997): 746–55. forty students sat with number 2 pencils:
... See moreOri Brafman • Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
The first is diverse agents. In markets that means people who have different information, time horizons, and rules of behavior. This explains why behavioral biases are not that important. You can have a lot of little mistakes but the market mechanism deals with them effectively.
W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
In fact, a competitive situation can induce a “feeding frenzy” for a scarce good, even among seasoned negotiators. Take the story of Barry Diller, an executive at the TV network ABC , who was considered a mogul for his success in the entertainment industry. But then, in 1973, he paid 3.3 million dollars for the right to show the movie The Poseidon
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