Thursday, November 29, 2012
The History of Film
This graphic chronicles the history of feature films from the origins in the 1910s until the present day. More than 2000 of the most important feature-length films are mapped into 20 genres spanning 100 years. Films selected to be included have: won important awards such as the best picture Academy Award; achieved critical acclaim according to recognized film critics; are considered to be key genre films by experts; and/or attained box office success.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
An Experienced View on Markets and Investing
At the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Chicago (held 6–9 May 2012), Robert Litterman interviewed Eugene F. Fama to elicit his views on financial markets and investing.
A great piece of work available here
The economics of video games
A virtual world, after all, allows economists to study concepts that rarely occur in real life, such as non-fractional-reserve banking, a popular libertarian alternative to the current banking system that cropped up in Eve Online. The data is richer. And it’s easier to run economy-wide experiments in a video game — experiments that, for obvious reasons, can’t be run on countries. [Source]
Sunday, November 4, 2012
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