Internet c'entra poco, e me ne scuso, ma si tratta di una questione che riguarda tutti i ricercatori e i centri di ricerca, soprattutto se fanno lavoro di policy (e Nexa lo fa), e quindi mi permetto di convidere con voi questo articolo di Salon segnalato poche ore fa da Lawrence Lessig. juan carlos Sunday, Feb 1, 2015 12:59 PM CET *This is why Piketty matters: Davos and the real story about economists and the 1 percent* /Economists take heat for failing to predict crises, but not disclosing financial ties is a bigger problem/ Janine R. Wedel Davos, that yearly exercise in cognitive dissonance formally known as the World Economic Forum, is over, as is the time-honored, and highly entertaining tradition of Davos-bashing. Jon Stewart rarely lets Davos pass, railing last week at the hypocrisies of “Wealthstock,” where the super-elite wax on about sustainability, but use a reported 1,700 private jets to get to the Swiss ski mecca. Economic blogger Felix Salmon calls it the “sybaritic alpine gabfest.” One of my favorite takedowns is Salon’s simple headline from a year ago: “Welcome to Davos, Where Rich People Talk About Poor People.” Beyond some of the contradictions that Davos offers are real questions of relevance. Should Davos provide some geo-econo-political crystal ball for the year ahead? As the New York Times put it last week: “Longtime participants of the forum noted that for all the brainpower there in past years, those at the event did not predict significant upheavals in recent years — like the financial crisis or the Arab Spring or the Russian takeover of Crimea.” Among the attendees at Davos are some of the world’s most elite economists and they, too, have been lambasted since 2008 over the same question: Should they have been able to predict the crisis? This was an issue taken up by one of the most famous among them just as Davos began last week. […] Continua qui: http://www.salon.com/2015/02/01/this_is_why_piketty_matters_davos_and_the_re...