Monday, September 26, 2011

The technology of economics

In my recent previous posts I have begun to work through the idea that economics as we currently have it is a technology. Curiously, I had to laugh when a recent TED talk featured Niall Ferguson talking about "The 6 killer apps of prosperity". The means of communicating the idea of the institutions critical to a modern economy was to call then apps - ie a technology. It is worth watching.
http://www.ted.com/talks/niall_ferguson_the_6_killer_apps_of_prosperity.html


But the one for me that is real eye opener was this TED talk on algorithms. This is absolutely worth watching.


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