[Wikimedia-l] The value of Wikipedia for the economy

[Alex Peek]

Clay Shirky talks about the importance of online collaboration:
http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html


On 8 April 2013 07:13, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fred Bauder, 08/04/2013 15:38:
>
>  Don't worry. Any one who has thought about this sort of thing much has
>> come away more puzzled than when they began. What for example is the
>> "value" of a cigarette? The price is rather easy.
>>
>
> Better example: what is the value of a park, of trees in a city, of a
> public library, etc. Maybe the question would be "easier" to answer if
> rephrases as: what's the impact on HDI, on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*
> *Gross_national_happiness<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness>(;-) ) or other measures that somehow numerical but not monetary.
>
> Nemo
>
>
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