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“toy” models of economies—simple models that are so abstract they bear little resemblance to reality.

Or ce principe cardinal s’applique parfaitement à la compréhension du XXe siècle, dont le cours tragique s’organisa autour de l’affrontement entre les nations et les empires, entre la démocratie et le totalitarisme. La dénonciation des thèses raciales de Gobineau, comme la critique du socialisme, qui sacrifie la liberté à l’égalité, souligne par

today governments have played virtually no role in the breakthroughs in “foundation models” that are revolutionizing computer science.

As money brings down the dams of community, religion and state, the world is in danger of becoming one big and rather heartless marketplace.

foundations were laid in Victorian times. Now it is changing radically. Standard economics is suddenly being challenged by a number of new approaches: behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, new institutional economics. One of the new approaches came to life at the Santa Fe Institute: complexity economics.

Every culture has its typical beliefs, norms and values, but these are in constant flux.

Polis shows the clusters of opinion that exist and highlights statements that bridge them. This approach facilitates both consensus formation and a better understanding of the lines of division.

As recipients of US foreign aid, it was in their best interest to appear to be supporting the US in its war effort.