Natasha Collins graduated Cornell in 2005. She was accepted to Yale medical school and planned to attend after spending time in Qatar to teach chemistry to college students, but was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer of 2006. Natasha has been bravely fighting the disease ever since with the support of her friends […]

Game theory has been applied to many abstract networks in the course, from trading networks to social networks. One example that merits further investigation is a wireless ad hoc network.
Wireless ad hoc networks can easily be understood with the concepts presented in this class. Computers are nodes in the network and wireless radio links are […]

On February 27, 2007 the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummetted 416 points–at one point in the day it had fell 546 points, it’s worst drop in a single day in over 5 years. Part of the drastic decline was that the market was oversaturated after record increases in the previous weeks. This decline has mostly been […]

Link to article about article:
How the social network shapes the economy 

By Ross Gittins
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Ross-Gittins/How-the-social-network-shapes-the-economy/2005/04/22/1114152322760.html
Link to actual 35 page academic article:
The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
By Mark Granovetter
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/newsite/people/faculty/granovetter/documents/JEPGranovetterMay2004version.doc

 
 
In his academic article, Granovetter presents an interdisciplinary approach to economic theory, […]

Link to article about article:
How the social network shapes the economy 

By Ross Gittins
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Ross-Gittins/How-the-social-network-shapes-the-economy/2005/04/22/1114152322760.html
Link to actual 35 page academic article:
The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
By Mark Granovetter
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/newsite/people/faculty/granovetter/documents/JEPGranovetterMay2004version.doc

 
 
In his academic article, Granovetter presents an interdisciplinary approach to economic theory, […]

Link to article about article:
How the social network shapes the economy 

By Ross Gittins
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Ross-Gittins/How-the-social-network-shapes-the-economy/2005/04/22/1114152322760.html
Link to actual 35 page academic article:
The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
By Mark Granovetter
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/newsite/people/faculty/granovetter/documents/JEPGranovetterMay2004version.doc
 
 
In his academic article, Granovetter presents an interdisciplinary approach to economic theory, […]

Link to article about article:
How the social network shapes the economy 

By Ross Gittins
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Ross-Gittins/How-the-social-network-shapes-the-economy/2005/04/22/1114152322760.html
Link to actual 35 page academic article:
The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
By Mark Granovetter
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/newsite/people/faculty/granovetter/documents/JEPGranovetterMay2004version.doc
 
 
In his academic article, Granovetter presents an interdisciplinary approach to economic theory, […]

Link to article about article:
How the social network shapes the economy 

By Ross Gittins
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Ross-Gittins/How-the-social-network-shapes-the-economy/2005/04/22/1114152322760.html
Link to actual 35 page academic article:
The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
By Mark Granovetter
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/newsite/people/faculty/granovetter/documents/JEPGranovetterMay2004version.doc
 
 
In his academic article, Granovetter presents an interdisciplinary approach to economic theory, […]

Link to article about article:
How the social network shapes the economy 

By Ross Gittins
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Ross-Gittins/How-the-social-network-shapes-the-economy/2005/04/22/1114152322760.html
Link to actual 35 page academic article:
The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
By Mark Granovetter
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/newsite/people/faculty/granovetter/documents/JEPGranovetterMay2004version.doc

 
 
In his academic article, Granovetter presents an interdisciplinary approach to economic theory, […]

The initial evidence for the importance of weak ties came from studies of how people found jobs however the theory applies to other situations.