January 24, 2017 2:30 p.m. Quantum Nano Centre, Room 1501
Analysis of complex systems force us into a deeper understanding of heterogeneity. In economics and finance this heterogeneity often appears in the form of individual forecasts. This talk will demonstrate how a simulated agent-based financial market generates, at at times magnifies, the dispersion […]
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Title: Democracy and Development: Getting away from Linear Thinking to True Understanding
Date: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015, 2-4pm
Location: DC 1302
Abstract
The relation between Democracy and Economic Development has long been debated, as to whether it is causal and in which direction. Yet this entire debate is an artifact […]
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Speaker: Steve Purdey
Title: Steady State Economics
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Category: Talk
Dr. Steve Purdey of the University of Toronto argues that the emphasis on growth, which has been the focus of the world economy for over 200 years, is no longer sustainable in a world of increasing scarcity. He […]
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