The Awl has a good article about how Wikipedia, and Web 2.0 in general, have changed the way that knowledge is generated and accessed. Maria Bustillos fleshes out the implications of Wikipedia quite well, and as I will explain below, economics can benefit from open knowledge: By empowering readers and observers with transparent access to [...]
Archive for May 18th, 2011
Opening Economics: Wikipedia, the Rise of Pluralism, and the WEA
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The sun is the best disinfectant
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I tend to believe that most people prefer to avoid making consumption choices that lead to environmental degradation, exploitation of laborers, or financial crisis. The problem is that we often do so without knowing it, and thus entire genres of investigative journalism come about to expose these situations. The list is literally endless. The problem [...]
