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Week 6: MODULE 3: Economic evolution
Reading Group- Introductory Papers to Complexity Tools
Location:
Online
Type:
Other
Virtual Project
YSI Presenters
Description
Readings:
- Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/)
- Summary of Chapter 9: Reluctant Entrepreneurs in "Poor Economics (https://web.archive.org/web/20190223030131/http://www.pooreconomics.com/chapters/9-reluctant-entrepreneurs)
- Farmer, J. D. "Market force, ecology and evolution." Industrial and Corporate Change 11, 895–953 (2002). (https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/files/publications/farmer/marketforce.pdf) <- this is long, if pressed for time please read the section introductions for qualitative understanding.
Discussion questions:
- How do "bullshit jobs" and "reluctant entrepreneurs" challenge conventional ideas in economics?
- Prof. Farmer introduces and describes the "Force", "Ecology", and "Evolution" of dynamics in the stock market. How might these concepts translate into the "real" economy?
- Do "bullshit jobs" and "reluctant entrepreneurs" fit into this evolutionary idea of the economy?
Hosted by Working Group(s):
Organizers
Attendees
Rutuja Uttarwar
Taylor B. Anderson
Gonzalo I. Gil Muñoz
Oliver Braganza
Pilar Lorenzo
Florian Hack
Dilshani Ranawaka
VinÃcius Manhães
Sean Menzies
Rodrigo Volmir Anderle
Marcos Vaena
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