I've been working on applications of network flow theory and ecological measures to macroeconomics to determine mesoeconomic scale measures for use by decision makers and businesses. These measures use certain properties to determine both stability due to sudden shocks to the economic system as well as what various policy actions will have on the overall health.
This includes entirely different ways of visualizing free trade, etc.
I have made some significant progress in the past year, but I am running into this headache where the papers I need are not easily accessible (or cheap) since I'm not an academic and I'm literally doing this as a for fun side project. I've been trying to find a university or college willing to take me on in some capacity simply to let me get access to academic catalogues, but I am not having that much luck unfortunately.
The best results recently though include some really fascinating stuff that comes from statistical measures that give clarity to how a region would respond to being isolated for any period of time.
This includes entirely different ways of visualizing free trade, etc.
I have made some significant progress in the past year, but I am running into this headache where the papers I need are not easily accessible (or cheap) since I'm not an academic and I'm literally doing this as a for fun side project. I've been trying to find a university or college willing to take me on in some capacity simply to let me get access to academic catalogues, but I am not having that much luck unfortunately.
The best results recently though include some really fascinating stuff that comes from statistical measures that give clarity to how a region would respond to being isolated for any period of time.