Re: [Wikimedia-l] 'Periodic Table of Economics': Mapping the Global Economy

2013-06-18 Thread Nathan
Hi Alex, just curious - since you refer to yourself as an economist, what institution(s) are you affiliated with? And can you explain how writing Economy of X articles, no matter how detailed, will solve the problem of uneven resource distribution around the world? On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:13

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 'Periodic Table of Economics': Mapping the Global Economy

2013-06-18 Thread Alex Peek
I want to clarify that I am not a professional economist. I am a financial economics major at Western Washington University. These 'Economy of X' are designed for laypersons to see the economic reality of the world. I believe if the public were more informed on economics, we would better chance

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 'Periodic Table of Economics': Mapping the Global Economy

2013-06-18 Thread David Cuenca
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Alex Peek alexpe...@gmail.com wrote: [...] These 'Economy of X' are designed for laypersons to see the economic reality of the world. So it could be considered a set of articles for http://simple.wikipedia.org? Cheers, Micru

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 'Periodic Table of Economics': Mapping the Global Economy

2013-06-18 Thread Alex Peek
Thank you I will set that up On 18 June 2013 20:40, David Cuenca dacu...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Alex Peek alexpe...@gmail.com wrote: [...] These 'Economy of X' are designed for laypersons to see the economic reality of the world. So it could be considered