Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010)

Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010) by jabl on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @02:45AM (#24845335)

Ah, but here's an interesting topic for an ambitious research project, "Efficient relativistic markets". The proposal would score cross-disciplinarity brownie points in the evaluation committee.

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Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010) by hchasestevens on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @06:21AM (#24846373)

You might be surprised to learn that the well-known economist Paul Krugman wrote in the late 70s about trade in relativistic scenarios, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Interstellar_Tra... and http://www.standupeconomist.com/pdf/misc/interstellar.pdf (for the paper itself).

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Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010) by jabl on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:48PM (#24849581)

Ah, but of course. When you're not a subject matter expert what you think is a novel idea is something the actual experts have already investigated decades ago. sigh, oh well.

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