About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
Economics Archive
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Meet David X. Li and the formula that killed Wall Street
Posted on April 28, 2009 | No CommentsSo this is the math that’s wreaked havoc on the global economy. Wired’s got a great story about David X. Li, the Chinese-born mathematician whose formula (above) was largely responsible for the financial meltdown — or at least the global misuse and abuse of this... -
PC World: How Will the $7.2 Billion Allotted for Broadband Stimulus Be Spent?
Posted on February 19, 2009 | 2 CommentsPC World, February 20 2009: by Cyrus Farivar In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, recently enacted by Congress, many details regarding the allocation of funds for high-tech projects remain blurry. Nevertheless, the nation’s tech community appears to be encouraged by the $7.2... -
Slate: The $100 Distraction Device
Posted on June 5, 2008 | 1 CommentSlate: So what happens when good fortune delivers vouchers (and hence computers) into the homes of Romanian youths? Obviously a lot more time logged on to a computer—about seven hours more per week for vouchered versus unvouchered kids. Much of this computer time came at... -
Income in Iran
Posted on October 14, 2007 | No CommentsThe most interesting thing that I learned from Karim‘s talk last week, which was also mentioned in Afshin Molavi’s The Soul of Iran , which I’m reading now, is the following: As opposed to other developing nations whose per capita incomes have always been low...
