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Seeing economic collapse and recovery through the lens of complexity economics

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Part 1: The situation following a pandemic

This series will look at the pandemic-related economic problems we currently face and how we might apply important concepts of complexity economics to better understand how to move forward. We will compare the equilibrium and nonequilibrium or “complexity” views of financial recovery and present a guide to seeing our current chances of recovery through the angle of complexity – drawing especially from scientists affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute.

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ReCAP

Read our Q&A with Len Zangwill, CAP, Sr. Manager, Clinical Data Standards at Bristol Myers Squibb.

Read the Q&A with Dave Saranchak, CAP, Research Fellow and AI/ML Program Lead, Concurrent Technologies Corporation.

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Inside Story

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The new abnormal

In the age of COVID-19, the new normal is anything but normal for most of us.

Analyze This!

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This Year is Not Normal, Not Even Close

Because of the COVID-19 crisis, my students’ projects, exams and even graduation ceremonies were conducted virtually, and thus felt more than a little anti-climactic. This year is not normal.

Healthcare Analytics

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Pandemic exposes vulnerabilities in healthcare industry

Health technology is the future of the healthcare industry. The coronavirus pandemic has shown how unequipped the U.S. is to tackle such a massive-scale healthcare crisis. My hope is this pandemic will act as a catalyst that will eventually bring about the most desired investment and reform in the arcane regulatory framework in the coming years and will create opportunities for the new-age technology companies.

Executive Edge

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How Data Literacy Can Make or Break Your Company’s Future

If data is as obscure to most executive-level managers (C-suite) and senior management as research indicates, companies not innovating will be in a lot of trouble soon, if not already. The current COVID-19 pandemic has done nothing but accelerate the impending doom. Why? Because dropping revenue and productivity while keeping payroll status quo has squeezed all the margins. Today, more than ever, we are being asked to do more with less.

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