Re: The Age of Anxiety

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Perelman
I recently attended a history of economic thought conference in Toronto. Judy Klein, who has unremarkable work about the overwhelming influence of military thought on both economics and mathematics, has used the crude computers that military could in its fighter craft during World War II as a way

Re: The Age of Anxiety

2004-07-07 Thread Doug Henwood
Michael Perelman wrote: I recently attended a history of economic thought conference in Toronto. Judy Klein, who has unremarkable work I assume that sound recognition software's way of rendering done remarkable work. about the overwhelming influence of military thought on both economics and

Re: The Age of Anxiety

2004-07-07 Thread Perelman, Michael
Right. Done remarkable work. The technology is wonderful when the user is not careless. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Wednesday, July 07,

Re: The Age of Anxiety

2004-07-07 Thread Devine, James
Michael Pereleman writes: rational expectations comes directly out of the server mechanisms that the gunners used. are you sure? the RatEx theory simply says that on average the expected value of a number (say, the price level) equals the equilibrium value of that number, so that P(expected) =

Re: The Age of Anxiety

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Perelman
It is a fascinating story. Muth worked on the gunnery problem. So did Kalman -- of filter fame. All you have to do is to postulate individuals as computers, then they can calculate expected outcomes. On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 02:10:11PM -0700, Devine, James wrote: Michael Pereleman writes: