Bowles Reading Group

For those in the area, Samuel Bowles is giving a talk today at Harvard. Talk by Sam Bowles Tuesday,

[And now, the final chapter...] Chicago communities with low turnover are much more effective at

Where once there were "empires, city states, federations of cities, networks of landlords,

[only 18 weeks late!] When Cortes visited Mexico in 1519, he described a society much like any other:

How do institutions change? We can think of institutions as equilibrium outcomes of some underlying

> Maybe some of our lurkers got caught up with the book. I wish. I read the first chapter, bought

> side power_. One reason, perhaps, that cars were better in the US than > the USSR was that in

Shorter Bowles: economics in the real world is a game of musical chairs played with golden handcuffs.

<quote who="Aaron Swartz" date="Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:42:19AM -0500">

On Nov 23, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Aaron Swartz wrote: > I haven't done Bowles this week or last

> You're in for a treat. The next chapter shows how redistribution can be > pareto-

I think so. #2 always matters. It always matters who wins and who loses. The second part of

> On the morning of January 5, 1914, a virtually unknown mechanic turned automobile producer named

> and take his word for it. On the other hand after chapter 6 the game theory > view of

I care! :) Enjoying your summaries very much, dream of one day finding the time to catch up. Putting

I'll second that. Catching up as well. On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Aaron Swartz <me@

>> I'm still slogging through the math in chapter 4. I'll be caught up in a >>

I had a hard time with the math in this chapter. Can anyone explain what's going on in figure 4.2

In the case of the assurance game, another observation is that when there are two choices, it's

I liked this chapter. Not too much math. I found the variations on the game experiments particularly

I have to admit, I skipped over some of the equations. Discussed in this chapter: racial segregation,

(It's that very article that got me interested in complexity/emergence stuff, and which

Thanks everyone for your comments so far! I'm already finding this a very useful way of exploring

Thanks to youtube I think I get this now. The problem starts with "games that _don't_ have a

On Aug 19, 2009, at 3:18 AM, Quinn Norton wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Garret

Hello there! I'm excited to join this group; also somewhat apprehensive, as I've no prior