This is about a very interesting, though quite controversial at the same time, project of David Galenson, economic historian at the University of Chicago: quantifying 20th century artwork based on market and visual citations.
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Read of the week / Quote of the week
My read of the week is John Cochrane superbly answering to this… well, “protest letter” (the latter being the reason why one of the labels for this post is “pathetic”).
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Enter Neuroeconomics…once again.
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An excellent obituary for Leo Hurwicz, by Eric Maskin. Turns out it was indeed great timing to award him the Nobel last year (Hurwicz is the oldest Nobelist to date).
The fringe benefits of failure
Possibly the best short read of the week. In any case, surely the best speech for a class of university graduates I’ve ever happened onto. J.K. Rowling, the benefits of failure and, more than anything, the importance of imagination (You can also watch the video of the speech– if not loading, it is also on YouTube already, in several copies…). → Read more
(New) Dutch architecture or urbanism in three dimensions
Here’s an excellent article in NYTimes about MVRDV, nowadays the (no reservations) top Dutch architects (here’s their website, describing their projects etc.; here’s a brief slideshow presentation of some of their work, accompanying the article above).
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