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Nice to see this; it is often difficult to convey a complex point if you leave your audience to just imagine the outcomes. A few months ago, I started looking
by jamespitts 11y ago
Nice to see this; it is often difficult to convey a complex point if you leave your audience to just imagine the outcomes.
A few months ago, I started looking into simulating economics while researching the housing situ in the Bay Area. I found that the NetLogo package is commonly used to simulate economics by sociologists.
NetLogo
https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/ https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
An example implementation:
NetLogo: Economic Disparity
http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/UrbanSuite-EconomicDisparity http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/UrbanSuite-Econom...
- Zuider 11y agoIt is interesting that the simulation in the linked article above treats the economic actors as aggregates, while the NetLogo simulation using many discrete actors is based on methodological individualism. It is easier in the second case to avoid the simple assumption that economic activity must necessarily be of a zero-sum nature.
- metasean 11y agoSame model in-browser - http://netlogoweb.org/launch#http://netlogoweb.org/assets/modelslib/Curricular%20Models/Urban%20Suite/Urban%20Suite%20-%20Economic%20Disparity.nlogo http://netlogoweb.org/launch#http://netlogoweb.org/assets/mo...