29 September 2009

purchasing power across cities

as a follow up–when comparing the price of public transport, a friend duly noted that it would be more interesting to see the relative purchasing power of people in these cities.

conveniently, UBS has published a 2009 report on Prices and Earnings in 73 cities.

using New York as the benchmark, here are the relative purchasing powers [...]

11 December 2006

snippets of economics (& -ists) while I’m studying

Nash equilibrium: Named after U.S. mathematician John Nash (1928-). In game theory, a concept where each player’s best strategy is to maintain her present (non-cooperative) behaviour given the present behaviour of the other players.

oh what a beautiful mind.

creative destruction: Coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950). The elimination of one product by a superior product, the [...]