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This reminds me of the classic Art De Vany book, Hollywood Economics in which the author treats the movie business as an "information industry". He modelled the dynamics as a mixture of signals about quality (word-of-mouth) and quantity (box office numbers and rankings) and confirmed Goldman's maxim - movie revenue dynamics are (or were) "so complex that they are nearly chaotic". The epilogue may be worth revisiting: "Can you manage a business when 'nobody knows anything'?"

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Yes please 🙏🏼

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Super interesting. Will try and find the book and read it.

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I can send the intro and epilogue in pdf form via email - DM on BlueSky?

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