Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ercan EREN Author-Workplace-Name: Yıldız Technical University Title: Developments in (macro) economics; Towards a new (macro) economics' Abstract: One of the major breakthroughs in economics is its establishment on the Newtonian equilibrium approach. Until 1930s, Darwin-biology-evolution analysis has been a fundamental constituent in German Historical School and especially in Weblen. However concepts such as evolution, self-organization, noncontinuity, discreteness have not been used so extensively during the long period which lasts from 1930s untill recently. In neo-classical synthesis, monetarism, new-classical economics, real business cycles, new-Keynesian economics and in new neo-classical synthesis, the Newtonian equilibrium concept is of fundamental importance. With the development of new tools in economics (such as evolutionary game theory, behavioral game theory, network economics, graph theory, algorithmic economics, developments in the computer science, more common usage of computer sofwares and simulations, algorithmic modelling of self-organization, system dynamics, evolutionary physics, complexity physics, agent-based economics, etc.) and with the effect of great recession of 2008, evolutionary and behavioral macroeconomics has started to rise. In this study, the developments after the great recession of 2008 in mainstream macroeconomics and its effects on economics education will be assessed in the framework of equilibrium-evolution dilemma. Classification-JEL: F00,F30,G00,G10,K00,K20,M00,M20,O10 Keywords: Equilibrium, Evolution, Economic Thought, SimulationJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review Pages: 1-35 Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 DOI: File-URL: https://yssr.yildiz.edu.tr/storage/upload/pdfs/1656072491-en.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:1:y:2015:i:1:p:1-35 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: John E. ROEMER Author-Workplace-Name: Yale University Title: Ideology, politics and the concentration of capital Abstract: The concentration of wealth in the United States has reached its highest level ever, equal to what it was on the eve of World War I. The wealthy maintain their wealth - sheltering it from con fiscation via taxation - mainly through ideological means. Influencing politics directly through campaign financing and lobbying are important, but probably less important than the creation of pro-capitalist ideology among voters, which occurs through myriad means. The polarization in the US Congress has followed closely, over the past 200 years, the polarization of wealth. As the top 1% become ever wealthier, they expend more resources attempting to prevent Congress from con fiscating their wealth, which probably explains the ever-rightward movement of the US Republican Party. Classification-JEL: F00,F30,G00,G10,K00,K20,M00,M20,O10 Keywords: Income distribution, politics, capitalJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review Pages: 37-44 Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 DOI: File-URL: https://yssr.yildiz.edu.tr/storage/upload/pdfs/1656072780-en.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:1:y:2015:i:1:p:37-44 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Remzi ALTUNIŞIK Author-Workplace-Name: Sakarya Üniversitesi Title: Büyük veri: Fırsatlar kaynağı mı yoksa yeni sorunlar yumağı mı? Abstract: Büyük Veri (Big Data) fenomeni gelişmiş ülkelerde iş dünyasının en çok konuşulan konularından biridir. Vaad ettiği faydalar açısından tüm işletmelerin peşinden koştuğu, ancak elde edilmesinin ve faydalarından yararlanmanın son derece zor, bir o kadar da zahmetli olduğu Büyük Veri olgusu işletmeler için büyük vaadler içerebildiği kadar yeni kaosların ve sıkıntıların başlangıcı da olabilecektir. Bu çalışmada Büyük Veri olgusunun ne olduğu, bu derece büyük bir fenomen olmasının sebepleri, mevcut uygulama sonuçlarının neler olduğu, işletmeler açısından getireceği zorluklar ve doğuracağı sıkıntılar ile Büyük Veri uygulamasının başarılı olabilmesi için gereken hususlar literatür bilgileri ışığında ele alınmaya çalışılmıştır. Classification-JEL: F00,F30,G00,G10,K00,K20,M00,M20,O10 Keywords: Büyük Veri, Analitik, Veri bilimci, Analist, Bilişim TeknolojisiJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review Pages: 45-76 Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 DOI: File-URL: https://yssr.yildiz.edu.tr/storage/upload/pdfs/1656073169-tr.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:1:y:2015:i:1:p:45-76 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Cem Başlevent Author-Workplace-Name: Istanbul Bilgi University Author-Name: Ayşenur Acar Author-Workplace-Name: Bahcesehir University Center for Economic and Social Research (BETAM) Title: Recent trends in informal employment in Turkey Abstract: Using micro data from TurkStat's 2000, 2006, and 2012 Household Labor Force Surveys, we examine the recent trends in informal employment in Turkey. Our descriptive analysis of the incidence of informal employment across broad categories such as sectors, occupations, and age groups is followed by an econometric exercise which aims to uncover the main determinants of informality status. We find that the gender di erence in the rate of informality is present even when the sectoral composition of employment is controlled for. Alternative versions of the empirical model are estimated to assess the idea that the gender di erence has to do with the fact that many women have indirect access to social security benefi ts as the insured person's wife or daughter. While our findings are in line with this hypothesis, we point to the lack of survey items that would have been more instrumental in uncovering to what extent 'indirect access to bene fits' and various government policies contribute to the persistence of informality. Classification-JEL: F00,F30,G00,G10,K00,K20,M00,M20,O10 Keywords: Turkey, Labor market, Informality, Household Labor Force SurveyJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review Pages: 77-88 Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 DOI: File-URL: https://yssr.yildiz.edu.tr/storage/upload/pdfs/1656073398-en.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:1:y:2015:i:1:p:77-88