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Information and Islamic Finance in the Digital Era

Submitted by pmoraes on Sat, 02/20/2021 - 15:04

The fact that information is valuable is not a surprise to a layperson, yet economists outside the realm of new institutional economics (NIE) would be amazed by this fact (Stigler 1961). This is because information in neoclassical economics is assumed to be perfect and costless, and such an assumption is a foundation stone for much economic theory, including the efficient market hypothesis. Refuting the costless information assumption renders many neoclassical economic interpretations of reality irrelevant and naive (Furubotn and Richter 2005).

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Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 12:41

In 2016, the Santa Tracker team used the Web Share API on Android. This API was a perfect fit for mobile. In previous years, the team disabled share buttons on mobile because space is at a premium, and they couldn't justify having several share targets.

Art is not Created Exnihilo: Order, Space & Form in the Work Sinan & Palladio

Submitted by Zhamal on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 16:44

The aim of this paper is to discuss the concept of order, space and form in the aesthetic language of two 16th century architects: Sinan Abd al-Mannan (d. 1588) and Andrea di Petro della Gondola aka Andrea Palladio (d. 1580). Sinan and Palladio were both engaged in a lasting search for an aesthetic language firmly grounded in order, space and form.