Introduction to the Special Issue on Physics of Societies

Abstract

How can we solve problems in the society that cause socio economic crises such as the one of 2008? Here we introduce the subject of this special issue, ‘physics of societies’, dealing with a general introduction to the subject, and the particular special issue projects’ presentation, explaining why this subject is important to the scientific community and to the society, what are the problems that we can deal better using these approaches, and what can be suggested to do next in practice. We emphasize the strength of physics of socio-economic systems to treat problems in nations that are not solved with other approaches, and that these results can indeed affect the people, in particular with intervention schemes that support creating managed organizations, including support from socio-economic-organizations, for instance.

Customizing Crowdfunding Approaches to Replace “Biased” Funding

“…The biased funding practically creates the top 1% and determines their strength. We emphasize that when banks collapse, the government \bailout" the banks rather than the citizens, 21,27 further showing the distorted power structure in the society.…”

Are Socio-Econo-Physical Models Better to Explain Biases in Societies?

“…In many countries around the world, socio-economic inequalities are often coupled to directed socio economic biases. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] From political biases, banking biases to the \planned obsolesce" practices (where manufacturers produce products that need to be discarded after a certain period 10 ), the bene¯ciary groups attempt to keep a bias against the rest, as was manifested in the 2007 crises. The \measures" taken by the political elite arguably made the situation more distorted delivering more powers to the top 1%.…”