Meltdown Economics & Other Complex Catastrophes

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Forget PRISM: The NSA's new SWIFT program promises to solve the excremental complexity problem

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The NSA's new data center in Utah (shown here under construction) can still be converted from housing now unnecessary network servers...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Reinhart-Rogoff vs. New Zealand: Final Round?

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New Zealand’s rugby players celebrate with the traditional Haka after winning the rugby gold medal. (AFP) After having posted seve...
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Friday, May 17, 2013

USA vs. Eurozone: How Many Differences Can You Spot Between These Two Pictures?

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How many differences can you spot between these two pictures? George Soros and Hans-Werner Sinn have been at each other again...
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Quote of the Day: Austerity and Public Health

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What we have found is that austerity — severe, immediate, indiscriminate cuts to social and health spending — is not only self-defeating, ...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

Brüning and Mellon Memorial Prizes Awarded in Vienna, May 11, 2013 (special photo report)

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Vienna city hall (left) and Creditanstalt (above), venues for the prize ceremonies. [from our Krämerzeitung Special Society Corre...
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I'm a research economist at UNU-MERIT (Maastricht, The Netherlands, now retired) and IIASA (Laxenburg, Austria) with a specialization in the economics of innovation, complex dynamics, economic growth and evolutionary economics. By the 2008 world crisis at the latest it became clear that macroeconomics, financial markets and economic policy cannot be entrusted anymore to mainstream economists. Hence this blog.
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