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In the past complexity has been rewarded, also in music. Just think about notes of classical music. Ballads usually had an important verbal content. But let us look at top downloads in youtube...
04 April 2018 7,323 24 View
Very often scientific cooperation is efficient. Such researchers typically have long history of successful cooperation. It can be either vertical (professor-student) or horizontal (2 or more...
03 March 2018 5,242 30 View
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02 February 2018 634 33 View
Please share your teaching experience. I am also interested in theoretical comments.
02 February 2018 755 24 View
Many of us have seen "Star Wars". Many of us like one of its main heroes - Luke Skywalker. He is ranked #14 among fictitious characters, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Skywalker But the...
01 January 2018 2,289 12 View
In 1990s the following statement was quite popular (roughly): "Economics of the USSR did not work, because there were shortages of goods, incorrect prices and no theory apart from...
01 January 2018 2,923 14 View
Any smart (and not so smart) ideas are welcome! Think about Facebook, Research Gate, etc. What are the individual and social benefits of participants? Are there scale economies? What is the...
01 January 2018 1,784 65 View
Most of us are living in democratic societies, where city majors are elected by people by the majority of votes. Thus, they have to defend the interests of majority in order to be re-elected. I...
12 December 2017 5,381 11 View
Now we know that Isaac Newton is a founder of classical physics, with his 3 laws about body interaction and gravity law. He is known also in mathematics as one of founders of differential...
10 October 2017 343 6 View
All is in the question. You can treat it theoretically and practically from different perspectives.
01 January 2017 3,651 9 View
I would suggest the following classification: 1) equilibrium (no change), 2) wave (reversible structural change), 3) catastrophe (irreversible structural change). What are your ideas about it and...
01 January 2017 9,755 14 View
Economic theory has an equilibrium theory where everybody rationally maximizes his objective (profit or utility) but an invisible hand moves everybody to Pareto optimal allocation. This is the...
12 December 2016 6,869 38 View
Consider a hypothetical scenario, as an exercise in international trade modeling. Suppose that the new government of D. Trump decides to introduce substantial (of order $10/brl.) tax on oil...
11 November 2016 2,289 4 View
Trump suggests many changes in policy along several dimensions: a) more protectionism – less globalization, b) more coal, shale oil and gas – less renewable energies, c) less migration. Since USA...
11 November 2016 9,047 5 View
Wave theory is described by partial differential equations involving typically space and time as continuous variables. Please share your opinion including the reasons that you think are important...
10 October 2016 9,054 27 View
When I was studying mathematics in university (about 35 years ago), more attention was paid to continuous objects rather than discrete. Continuous include calculus, differential geometry, theory...
09 September 2016 1,119 42 View
Do you agree that it is in decline? What is the reason for that? I have a feeling that geographical knowledge has a negative trend last years. I also heard about that at one conference devoted to...
07 July 2016 5,855 19 View
There are many individual characteristics: physical (height, weight, etc), psychological, social, intellectual, etc. If we know where we are in the distribution of each characteristic across all...
07 July 2016 1,528 12 View
What about geography and mathematical modelling in the curriculum of economists? Typical education includes general and special topics for students in each field. Physicists study physics and...
07 July 2016 5,849 8 View
I want to create a discussion about tracing the different reasons for “stupidity” of a student/schoolchild/learner. By this term I understand persistently low performance. I will start with my...
07 July 2016 7,526 14 View
Many scientists are using statistical methods in their research. They are based on an assumption that a process under study has a stochastic component that we would never be able to learn and that...
07 July 2015 3,402 12 View
This question is related to the project: https://www.researchgate.net/project/Energy-Threats-of-the-21st-Century-Global-Warming-and-Fossil-Fuel-Scarcity There is worldwide concern about the...
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