Accumulation of Capital and Knowledge Accumulation of Capital and Knowledge by Alex Merced While I've discussed capital accumulation a couple of times before I though I'd re-explain this concept and it's implications again since it's so pivotal in understanding many of todays fundamental...
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Seventy-three (73) years have ellapsed and Venezuelan agriculture, industry and education remain stagnant. The ideas expressed on the essay below, which constituted the unfollowed recipe for Venezuelan development during the twentieth century, remain as current as ever. Sowing oil stands by to be executed...
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Too Little Money or Too Much Life? By Monty Pelerin , posted December 9th, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/09/too-little-money-or-too-much-life/ A neat way to calculate your virtual age and expected life span You can calculate your expected life span based on your life style. If you want to...
Is it fair for George Soros to enjoy the riches of this country while others struggle with putting food on their table? Is it fair for George Clooney to spend long vacations in Italy while a young honor student dies during a Chicago high-school riot? Well, whenever I'd ask these kind of questions...
I'm not a Republican. But I am a conservative. I'm not a member of any political party. It isn't because I don't care, however. Quite the contrary, I am terribly concerned about the direction this nation is taking. I just don't have the time and energy. Like many Americans that have...
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We forget things. We forget because we are people, and people are lemmings. For a moment, recall the basis for my analysis – the myth of the lemming. Lemmings DO NOT rush into the sea and commit mass suicide. Lemmings can, however, be frightened, especially by those who seek to benefit from their...
Within my study of technical communication I rarely encounter economic and philosophic ideas. But every once in a while some come along, especially because the current topic in my lone rhetoric class is laissez faire capitalism. So here are a few I encountered today. Copyright laws, or intellectual property...
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The Library of Economics and Liberty has just posted a new hour+ podcast featuring Bruce Yandle. http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2007/10/yandle_on_the_t.html " Bruce Yandle of Clemson University and George Mason University's Mercatus Center looks at the tragedy of the commons and the various...