Condliffe Memorial Lecture - 18 March 2009
Professor Hal R. Varian, a former Erskine Fellow, is both an eminent economist and Google's Chief Economist. His recent lecture, Evolutionary Business - The Effect of Computer-Mediated Transactions, provided a fascinating and entertaining analysis of the changes taking place in e-commerce. The video begins sans a comment from Prof Nigel Healey about his book with Carl Shapiro  Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy click the link to check it out on Amazon where you can buy used copies for around the price of a cup of coffee, and believe me, you'll get a lot of more value out of this book (though reading it with a good cup of coffee will enhance the learning experience) If you want an mp3  audio podcast version of this talk click on the "more" button below the online viewer.  A downloadable version of Prof Varian's talk is available by clicking on the small "mp4" blue text below the viewing window. You can also watch it on ProudlyDismal on youtube. (Note some organisations and schools restrict access to youtube, but not to this uctv site). The slides for the talk are available here.

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