Answer to #2: No, but I'm pretty damn sure 20 differential equations don't capture the market dynamics necessary to accurately model the US/World economy.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Robert Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > A couple of points: > > 1. At least he's not using Excel > 2. Are you really REALLY sure that the ultra-micro sims in which you > specialise lead to better policy decisions than the supposedly simplistic > alternatives? (Bear in mind that you posted a couple of weeks ago saying > you > could get your simulations to produce pretty much whatever result your > stakeholders wanted). > > Robert > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Douglas Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/03/us_economy_model/ >> >> *"...it implements the 20 equations to describe the economy during a >> credit crunch in a programming language called Matlab from MathWorks*." >> >> >> >> I'm sorry, but all I can say is "Fuck me to tears." The US's head >> financier is an idiot. >> >> -- >> Doug Roberts, RTI International >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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