Hello everyone,
Our sixth session of the Complexity Economics Reading Group is today at at 12:00(NY)/6:00(Europe). We will be discussing economic evolution!
The webinar is accessible here: https://ysd.ineteconomics.org/project/5cc3ca73a64d3e4a7057284c/event/5cc3cd3fa64d3e4a70572902
Readings:
- Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/)
- Summary of Chapter 9: Reluctant Entrepreneurs in "Poor Economics (https://web.archive.org/web/20190223030131/http://www.pooreconomics.com/chapters/9-reluctant-entrepreneurs)
- Farmer, J. D. "Market force, ecology and evolution." Industrial and Corporate Change 11, 895–953 (2002). (https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/files/publications/farmer/marketforce.pdf) <- this is long, if pressed for time please read the section introductions for qualitative understanding.
Discussion questions:
- How do "bullshit jobs" and "reluctant entrepreneurs" challenge conventional ideas in economics?
- Prof. Farmer introduces and describes the "Force", "Ecology", and "Evolution" of dynamics in the stock market. How might these concepts translate into the "real" economy?
- Do "bullshit jobs" and "reluctant entrepreneurs" fit into this evolutionary idea of the economy?
Hope to see you there,
Carolina, Rutuja, Nils