Comments on: An empty city for sale http://emergenturbanism.com/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale/ Rediscovering urban complexity Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: julian dobson http://emergenturbanism.com/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-272 julian dobson Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:35:20 +0000 http://emergenturbanism.com/?p=572#comment-272 This is why making decisions based purely on calculations of economic value is frightening nonsense. This is why making decisions based purely on calculations of economic value is frightening nonsense.

]]> By: Mathieu Helie http://emergenturbanism.com/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Mathieu Helie Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:51:31 +0000 http://emergenturbanism.com/?p=572#comment-271 Thanks epar, but economists have always been interested in self-organizing systems. The best they could come up with to explain the phenomena was a crude metaphor, "the invisible hand". Then in the 20th century, some economists decided that self-organization was no science at all and invented macro-economics in order to produce equation models of government finance, with disastrous consequences. The fact that macro-economists are embracing emergence simply means that they are giving up on macro-economics. Thanks epar, but economists have always been interested in self-organizing systems. The best they could come up with to explain the phenomena was a crude metaphor, “the invisible hand”. Then in the 20th century, some economists decided that self-organization was no science at all and invented macro-economics in order to produce equation models of government finance, with disastrous consequences.

The fact that macro-economists are embracing emergence simply means that they are giving up on macro-economics.

]]> By: epar http://emergenturbanism.com/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-270 epar Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:35:25 +0000 http://emergenturbanism.com/?p=572#comment-270 Mathieu - thought you'd be interested in this article: http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2009/11/topdown-versus-bottomup-macroeconomics.html It looks like macro-economists are starting to explore the parallels between economies and self-organizing systems. Mathieu – thought you’d be interested in this article:
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2009/11/topdown-versus-bottomup-macroeconomics.html

It looks like macro-economists are starting to explore the parallels between economies and self-organizing systems.

]]> By: David Barrie http://emergenturbanism.com/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-269 David Barrie Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:43:04 +0000 http://emergenturbanism.com/?p=572#comment-269 Astonishing story. You couldn't make it up. I vote the town is renamed Cynicism. Astonishing story. You couldn’t make it up. I vote the town is renamed Cynicism.

]]> By: Marco Castroni http://emergenturbanism.com/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Marco Castroni Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:04:03 +0000 http://emergenturbanism.com/?p=572#comment-268 I've heard about Ordos when they organized Ordos100, a competition about 100 single-family houses, each one covering 1000 m2. (http://www.archdaily.com/tag/ordos-100/) I was wondering who could organize today a competition about a brand new suburb, but now that I've seen the reportage you posted I start to understand why! I’ve heard about Ordos when they organized Ordos100, a competition about 100 single-family houses, each one covering 1000 m2. (http://www.archdaily.com/tag/ordos-100/)

I was wondering who could organize today a competition about a brand new suburb, but now that I’ve seen the reportage you posted I start to understand why!

]]> By: mersenne http://emergenturbanism.com/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-267 mersenne Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:15:12 +0000 http://emergenturbanism.com/?p=572#comment-267 ORDOS? no wonder no one's settling there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Ordos ORDOS? no wonder no one’s settling there
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Ordos

]]> By: Scott http://emergenturbanism.com/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Scott Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:48:36 +0000 http://emergenturbanism.com/?p=572#comment-266 Funny. Not that we didn't see that coming. It will be interesting when China has to start devaluing its money or the rest of the world has to start devaluing its money in order to compete. Funny. Not that we didn’t see that coming. It will be interesting when China has to start devaluing its money or the rest of the world has to start devaluing its money in order to compete.

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