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Commerce Professor Michael Mainelli. Danish Fairy Tales? Arthur Andersen and the Copenhagen Consensus. Outline. The Great ‘Commerce’ Experiment The “End of History” Danish connections Fret-Enomics Might versus Right A theory of Commerce?.
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CommerceProfessor Michael Mainelli Danish Fairy Tales? Arthur Andersen and the Copenhagen Consensus
Outline • The Great ‘Commerce’ Experiment • The “End of History” • Danish connections • Fret-Enomics • Might versus Right • A theory of Commerce? “Get a detailed grip on the big picture.”Chao Kli Ning
The Great ‘Commerce’ Experiment • Adam Smith • Karl Marx • The Great Transformation • Visible Hand versus the Invisible Hand
The “End of History” • Francis Fukuyama • Emperor’s new clothes
Danish Connections • Arthur Andersen • Enron • Waste Management • WorldCom • Global Crossing • Qwest… • Tyco, HealthSouth, Adelphia… • Emperor’s new clothes?
Copenhagen Consensus – 10 out of 33 • Climate change • Communicable diseases • Conflicts and arms proliferation • Access to education • Financial instability • Governance and corruption • Malnutrition and hunger • Migration • Sanitation and access to clean water • Subsidies and trade barriers
Fret-Enomics • Homo economicus • Efficient Markets Hypothesis
Might versus Right Source: OECD
A Theory of Commerce • Economics with finance • Decision theory • Stochastic systems theory • Competitive selection
Discussion What are the frontiers of our ignorance? “Get a big picture grip on the details.”Chao Kli Ning