November 11, 2015October 8, 2018 Oleg Komlik BITS & BRIEFS: Mathiness // Lottery taxes the poor // Surveillance Capitalism // Banks forgot the 2008 crash – Mathiness: the use of mathematics by economists to persuade or mislead rather than to clarify — by Paul Romer – State lottery actually taxes the poor and unemployed; 1% rise in joblessness leads to 10% jump in ticket sales – The Logic of Surveillance Capitalism: capturing information from & about you, in order to analyze, repack & monetise it later – How and why the banks & financiers ignored the lessons of the 2008 crisis they brought about? *** Join the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community through Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Google+ / Reddit / Tumblr Advertisement Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedInTumblrTelegramRedditPinterestPocketSkypeLike this:Like Loading... Related
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