Didn't Pareto or some dude gin up this notion 100 years ago?
-----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: econophysics December 11, 2005/New York TIMES Econophysics By CHRISTOPHER SHEA Victor Yakovenko, a physicist at the University of Maryland, happens to think that current patterns of economic inequality are as natural, and unalterable, as the properties of air molecules in your kitchen.
