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Sunday, May 10, 2009

"The Economic Crisis and Its Implications for The Science of Economics"

Sound/video from a recent conference:

The Perimeter Institute conference on economics is being organized in an effort to better evaluate the state of economics as a predictive and descriptive science in light of the current market crisis. We believe that this requires careful, dispassionate discussion, in an atmosphere governed by the modesty and open mindedness that characterizes the scientific community. To do this we aim to bring leading economists and theorists of finance together with physicists, mathematicians, biologists and computer scientists to evaluate current theories of markets, and identify key issues that can motivate new directions for research. ...

Collection URL:http://pirsa.org/C09006

[The presentation files stream, the video file is a download, and the mp3 is sound only.]

A Science Less Dismal: Welcome to the Economic Manhattan Project
Speaker(s): Eric Weinstein
Abstract: An unexpected economic crisis provides an excellent opportunity to better understand the state of Economic theory as a science. While there appears to have been a broad systemic failure within the community of professional economists to predict the current collapse, it must be noted that there have... read more
http://pirsa.org/09050047/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Interpreting the Failure to Predict Financial Crises and Recession
Speaker(s): Nouriel Roubini
http://pirsa.org/09050019/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

TBA
Speaker(s): Nassim Taleb
http://pirsa.org/09050023/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Panel Discussion
Speaker(s): Nouriel Roubini, Nassim Taleb, Richard Freeman, Eric Weinstein
http://pirsa.org/09050026/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Scientists, Scienster, Anti-Scientists & Economists
Speaker(s): Emanuel Derman
Abstract: The syntax of economic theory closely resembles the syntax of physics. But physics deals with what seems to be the objective world. In contrast, the essence of economics is subjectivity and moral choice. What can you reasonably expect from treating economics as a branch of science? This talk compare... read more
http://pirsa.org/09050017/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

The Adaptive Markets Hypothesis and Financial Crisis
Speaker(s): Andrew Lo
http://pirsa.org/09050018/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

TBA
Speaker(s): Richard Alexander
http://pirsa.org/09050024/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Panel Discussion
Speaker(s): Emanuel Derman, Andrew Lo, Richard Alexander, Bill Janeway, Zoe-Vonna Palmrose
http://pirsa.org/09050027/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Workshop Opening Talk
Speaker(s): Doyne Farmer
http://pirsa.org/09050020/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Introduction to Agent Based Models
Speaker(s): Leigh Tesfatsion
http://pirsa.org/09050021/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Introduction
Speaker(s): Pia Malaney
http://pirsa.org/09050022/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Discussion on the Relation of Macro to Micro Economics
Speaker(s): Barkley Rosser
http://pirsa.org/09050046/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

A look at some models
Speaker(s): Alex Outkin, Mike Brown, Jim Herriot
Abstract: The NASDAQ Model The Partecon Model
http://pirsa.org/09050044/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

Group Work
Speaker(s): Samuel Vazquez, Simone Severini, Kelly Rose, Stuart Kauffman
Abstract: Perturbation Theory Out of Equilibrium An Ecological Model of the US Economy
http://pirsa.org/09050045/ (Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, MP3)

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