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I am presenting my personal point of view on what is interesting in Econophysics. In particular, I focus on random exchange models for the distribution of wealth in order to illustrate the concept of statistical equilibrium in Economics.
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Scalas, E. Random exchange models and the distribution of wealth. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 225, 3293–3298 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60162-3
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