The Physics of Finance

Economists need to stand up to economists who give their field a bad name

… even if most economists don’t yet know it

A new study documents predictable patterns in market movements, patterns which have persisted for 200 years. No, the markets are not efficient

Why democracy is heading for extinction… get ready for elite economic domination

Wealth isn’t money. It’s having solutions to human problems.

From Paul Pfleiderer, a brilliant demolition of the way economists create, use and defend their models

Big city taxi systems could be 40% more efficient with device-enabled taxi sharing

No. But their ideas can help improve economics, and here’s why

Why quantum cryptography could soon play a role in our financial lives

Why prediction markets aren’t quite as amazing as economists once thought

A short, sharp review of the important stuff everyone should know 

Not that many people will know it for quite some time

Why physics + economics = more than you think

Plus a bonus: enjoy an “awesome” fish video

How economists implicitly assume what they claim to know

According to actual history, much more often than most economists think

Probably not.

Economists like to tell stories with their theories. They look like the wrong stories…