RE: Increase in the flow of communication since 1970

2002-11-13 Thread john hull
--- Grey Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "I'm sorry that I didn't immediately find the internet map showing the transfer of giga- and tera- bytes of data. I've seen such before, such info maps certainly exist." I've found a story I heard about, though it may be talking about stock rather than f

Re: EU

2002-11-13 Thread William Sjostrom
> > I don't know the evidence on the point, but you are proposing the expected > > utility model with risk neutrality. > > No, that's not it. I'm not saying people maximize expected earnings. > The functional form I'm proposing is the much weaker one that they > prefer higher expected earnings to

RE: Increase in the flow of communication since 1970

2002-11-13 Thread Grey Thomas
Great question. I'm sorry that I didn't immediately find the internet map showing the transfer of giga- and tera- bytes of data. I've seen such before, such info maps certainly exist. But it's not really clear that there has been really that significant an increase in "information"; certainly

Re: EU

2002-11-13 Thread Bryan Caplan
William Sjostrom wrote: > > I don't know the evidence on the point, but you are proposing the expected > utility model with risk neutrality. No, that's not it. I'm not saying people maximize expected earnings. The functional form I'm proposing is the much weaker one that they prefer higher ex

Increase in the flow of communication since 1970

2002-11-13 Thread Jacob W Braestrup
Dear Armchairs I am trying to graphically illustrate the increase in the flow of information since 1970. Has anybody got any ideas - that is data - showing how "the flow of communication" has increased in that period??? any suggestions and ideas are welcome Sincerely Jacob Braestrup Danish