Efficient Atmospheres Hypothesis

September 9, 2011

Mark Buchanan in The Physics of Finance has another great post called “Of hurricanes and economic equilibrium”.

The Efficient Market Hypothesis has been beaten up quite a lot lately, but this is quite a nice pummeling.  How would a meteorologist using the equivalent of the EMH fare in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene?

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