Category Archives: Economics

Cosmology meets Philanthropy — guest post by Jess Riedel

Posted on August 20, 2013 by chb

My colleague Jess Riedel recently attended a conference  exploring the connection between these seemingly disparate subjects, which led him to compose the following essay.–CHB People sometimes ask me what how my research will help society.  This question is familiar to … Continue reading →

Posted in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Economics, Off The Deep End, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Funding boost for the arXiv

Posted on August 28, 2012 by sflammia

This is fantastic news: starting this January, the Simons Foundation will provide the Cornell University Library with up to US $300k per year (for the next five years) of matching funds to help ensure the continued sustainability of arXiv.org. The funds are … Continue reading →

Posted in $$$, Economics, Open Science, Scientific Publishing | 4 Comments

Unindicted co-conspirators — a way around Nobel's 3-person limit?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by chb

This is the time of year the selection process begins for next fall’s Nobel Prizes.  Unlike Literature and Peace, most fields of science have become increasingly collaborative over the last century, often forcing Nobel Committees to unduly truncate the list … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Science | 4 Comments

Could Elsevier shut down arxiv.org?

Posted on January 1, 2012 by aram

They haven’t yet, but they are supporting SOPA, a bill that attempts to roll back Web 2.0 by making it easy to shut down entire sites like wikipedia and craigslist if they contain any user-submitted infringing material. (Here is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Computers, Economics, Open Science, Politics, Scientific Publishing | 9 Comments

Time After Time

Posted on May 2, 2011 by dabacon

Ole Peters was a postdoc at the Santa Fe Institute during the time I was also a postdoc there. In addition to being a world class windsurfer, Ole likes to think about critical phenomena and stochastic processes. And in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Mathematics | 8 Comments

Talk on Economics, Beauty, and Math

Posted on September 15, 2009 by dabacon

Those of you interested in the recent debate over math, beauty, economics, and Paul Krugman, and who are in New York on Oct 5 might be interested in a talk by Eric Weinstein at Columbia: We will be taking a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Mathematics | 13 Comments

Krugman: I'm For Math!

Posted on September 11, 2009 by dabacon

Krugman clarifies: I’ve been getting some comments from people who think my magazine piece was an attack on the use of mathematics in economics. It wasn’t…So by all means let’s have math in economics — but as our servant, not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Mathematics | 26 Comments

Weinstein v. Krugman v. Orzel (Mathematical Elegance Death Match)

Posted on September 8, 2009 by dabacon

Over at the most uncertain blog, he of uncertain principles (aka Chad) takes up a challenge posed by @EricRWeinstein on twitter concerning Paul Krugman’s recent article on why economists got the economic crisis so wrong. Since I know even less … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Extralusionary Intelligence, Go Ahead, Waste Your Time, Mathematics, Physics | 40 Comments