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Explore the global village, social and economic sustainability, network economics, and the resilient or robust nature of networks in the new economy.
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Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of CommerceMichael Mainelli Local Or Global? Network Economics And The New Economy
Outline • Global village • Social, environmental and economic sustainability • Network economics • Resilient or robust? “Get a detailed grip on the big picture.”Chao Kli Ning
Starfish Or Spider? Central Unitary UK & France Confederal EU Operation Federal USA Associative UN Local Delegated Intrinsic Information Legitimacy Disinformation
A Lot Of Net Work • Social network • Computer network • Semantic network • Neural network • Project network
Network Theory [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betweenness#betweenness] [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation]
Stringball Collectors Of The World Unite! [Source: http://www.vlib.us/web/worldwideweb3d.html]
Local Calculations [Source: Z/Yen’s VizZy – Voronoi Diagram]
Free Republic Of Farringdon Without Vous êtes ici
The FarOut [Source: http://www.basebasebase.com/archive/flat_files/000094.html]
Global versus Local Open Resilient Robust Competition Economies of Scale Transitional Protected High Low Information Diversity Disinformation
Discussion • Who pays for increased robustness? • Might it be rational to prefer isolation to competition? [Source: http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~wine2008/]
Local or Global:Network Economics And The New Economy Thank you! “Get a big picture grip on the details.”Chao Kli Ning