Hypernomics - Doug Howarth

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Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 A Brief History of Position and Direction 9 Ancient Maps 9 Geography Begins 13 Math and Position Problems 13 Summary 26 Vignette: Restaurant Math 27 CHAPTER 2 Four-Dimensional Systems 29 Dot Plots Begin 29 X Marks the Spot 30 Most Markets Don't Address Commodities 31 Cartesian Systems and Negativity 33 Geography Is Never Negative 38 Plotting in Four Dimensions 52 Summary 56 CHAPTER 3 Five-Dimensional Systems 57 Physical Changes over Time 57 Economic Changes over Time 62 Summary 69 CHAPTER 4 Value 71 Human Traits 71 What Does Value Mean in Hypernomics? 75 Determining Value 77 The Market as Laboratory 79 Summary 91 Vignette: The Value of Expanding One's Limits 92 CHAPTER 5 Demand 95 Demand Frontiers 95 Aggregate Demand 102 Average Demand 104 Minimum Demand 105 Proxy Demand 106 Submarket, Sub-Submarket, and Mission Market Demand Curves 107 Product Demand Curves 109 Summary 110 A Hypernomics Vignette: The Value of and Demand for Money 111 CHAPTER 6 Price and Quantity Determination 121 The General Problem Calls for Specifics 121 The Neoclassical View: The Law of Supply and Demand 122 Ferrous Blunder: Universal Claim of Upward-Sloping Supply Curves 125 The Hypernomics View: The Law of Value and Demand 128 Summary 133 A Hypernomics Vignette: The Law of Value and Demand 134 CHAPTER 7 Market Mapping and Financial Cat Scans 137 Got Eggs? 137 Market Map Boundaries 141 Feature and Price Gap Maps 143 Financial Cat Scans 146 Summary 155 CHAPTER 8 Aiming and Missing 157 Neoclassical Aiming 157 Immediate Aiming 158 Immediate Aiming in Hypernomics 163 Ultimate Aiming 165 Ultimate Aiming in Hypernomics 167 Summary 170 CHAPTER 9 N-Dimensional Systems 173 Common Object 1--Pie 174 Common Object 2--Logarithmic Scaling 176 Common Object 3--Rolodex 178 Common Object 4--Concentric Circle 180 Common Object 5--Parallelograms (as in Extendable Mirrors) 181 Starting from (0,0,0,0. . .0) 182 Summary 200 CHAPTER 10 An Amazon Mining Expedition 201 Summary 210 CHAPTER 11 More 211 Vignette: What Do Markets Look Like to Viruses? 213 CHAPTER 12 Appendix: Using Hypernomics on Your Own 217 Stating the Problem 220 Data Collection 221 Data Entry 223 Data Manipulation 225 Data Interpretation 229 Summary 235 Vignette: The Importance of Going Deep into the Data 237 CHAPTER 13 Neoclassical Economics and Hypernomics Differences 241 Glossary 243 References 247 Index 279