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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Open Yale Lecture 3


Technology and Invention in Finance


CLASS NOTES:

History of finance is copies of various invention (in the world) to manage long term risk

Need Invention
Long term risk theme (for risk management)
Backus Kchoe
(Perfect) Correlation of Consumption -> elimination of risk
Socialism – R. Owen
Moral hazard problem
(Complete) Sharing, risk sharing, equality  
Karl Marcus
ð  Public finance
Tax and welfare system (government) è Worked (Invention)
History of Taxes
Income Tax during civil war, progressive tax  (Invention)
Insurance (good invention)
Framing issue: Money Frame, money terms
Real Frame – Index to price
IT à economic dislocation and opportunities
Insurance Policy as invention, must exclude hazard cases to make it works
Develop statistics
Topics: Wheel, Patent (examples of innovation)
19C IT innovation for financial opportunity
Paper (mass-production) è record keeping
Carbon paper, typewriter, standardized forms, civil service, firms, postal service
Social security (Germany) over 100 years old

SUMMARY:

Historically human has been trying to find a way for (financial) risk management. The process went through trial-and-error. Ones very success are considered innovations which are for instance, tax and welfare, income tax, insurance, money framing, and social security. The financial system development were also closely related and depending on IT development in the era. (i.e. Paper->Carbon paper->Printing technology->Postal service-> etc. etc. -> Computers/Database so on)



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