# Information as a virus

- https://www.epsilontheory.com/the-fifteen-faces-of-fiat-news/
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- [Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0012948)

http://humannaturelab.net/


- interesting analogy - compare Information Failure with Market Failure

... mentioned by Eric Schmidt about facing people without knowing whether they are infected

[**market failure** is a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not Pareto efficient, often **leading to a net loss of economic value**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure)

-  compare with corruption 

[Petro Rents, Political Institutions, and Hidden Wealth: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts](https://ideas.repec.org/a/oup/jeurec/v15y2017i4p818-860..html)

# Parents

* Alternative data in finance
* Behavioural biases and Markets
* Alternative data in finance⏎