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Economics in One Lesson校译之5. Taxes Discourage Production

Taxes Discourage Production 第5章税负抑制生产 There is a still further factor which makes it improbable that the wealth created by government spending will fully compensate for the wealth destroyed by the taxes imposed to pay for that spending. It is not a simple...

Posted to dingdong by Dingdong Pu on Tue, Dec 2 2008

The Validity of End User License Agreements Redux

I have been reading The Technology Liberation Front (libertarians critiquing developments in the fields of the internet and technology) and came across Tim Lee's repost of the popular webcomic XKCD regarding End-User License Agreements (EULA) with...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Mon, Dec 1 2008

Filed under: eula

Why the State Loves Keynseian Economics

In this time of economic turmoil it seems as though the majority of economists have become disciples of John Maynard Keynes. Turn on virtually any news broadcast covering the financial crisis which the State's economic mismanagement has thrust upon...

Posted to Ron Morley's Freedom Blog by Ronald D. Morley on Sun, Nov 30 2008

Filed under: economics, Federal government, freedom

Economics in One Lesson校译之4. Public Works Mean Taxes

Public Works Mean Taxes 第4章公共工程意味着增税 There is no more persistent and influential faith in the world today than the faith in government spending. Everywhere government spending is presented as a panacea for all our economic ills. Is private industry partially...

Posted to dingdong by Dingdong Pu on Sun, Nov 30 2008

Filed under: Economics in One Lesson

Sick Babies Denied Treatment Because of Intellectual Property

From The Sydney Morning Herald : Babies with a severe form of epilepsy risk having their diagnosis delayed and their treatment compromised because of a company's patent on a key gene. It is the first evidence that private intellectual property rights...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sat, Nov 29 2008

Filed under: intellectual property

Pure and absolute horror.

I just saw the photos from Mumbai . Suddenly the whole world stands in perspective, and even my most major problems seem minuscule and insignificant when staring at these photos. Pure and absolute horror is the only phrase that comes close to what I feel...

Posted to The Cochran Column by joecochran on Sat, Nov 29 2008

Filed under: terrorism, Mumbai, Iraq, horror, war, violence, government

El Estado - por Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)

Traducido por Alex Montero Tomado de liberalismo.org Composición aparecida en el Diario de Debates, número del 25 de setiembre de 1948. Yo quisiera que se creara un premio, no de quinientos francos, sino de un millón, con coronas...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sat, Nov 29 2008

Economics in One Lesson校译之2. The Broken Window

The Lesson Applied The Broken Window 第二编课程的应用第2章破橱窗 Let us begin with the simplest illustration possible: let us, emulating Bastiat, choose a broken pane of glass. 让我们从一个有可能是最简单的例证入手；我们来效仿法国经济学家巴斯夏，从一面被砸破的橱窗讲起。 A young hoodlum, say, heaves a brick...

Posted to dingdong by Dingdong Pu on Sat, Nov 29 2008

Economics in One Lesson校译之1. The Lesson

PART ONE: THE LESSON The Lesson 第一编主旨第1章关于这堂课 Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousandfold...

Posted to dingdong by Dingdong Pu on Sat, Nov 29 2008

Economics in One Lesson校译之PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

Preface to the First Edition 第一版序 This book is an analysis of economic fallacies that are at last so prevalent that they have almost become a new orthodoxy. The one thing that has prevented this has been their own self-contradictions, which have scattered...

Posted to dingdong by Dingdong Pu on Sat, Nov 29 2008

Economics in One Lesson校译之PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

Preface to the New Edition 新版序 The first edition of this book appeared in 1946. Eight translations were made of it, and there were numerous paperback editions. In a paperback of 1961, a new chapter was added on rent control, which had not been specifically...

Posted to dingdong by Dingdong Pu on Sat, Nov 29 2008

Filed under: Economics in One Lesson

A physicist cogitates on solving the fiat currency problem

Lubos Motl , a bright young Czech physicist with a winning way with those he considers idiots*, has decided to cogitate on fiat money and the US`s screwed up monetary system, and proposes to peg the dollar to the Dow : You might think that I am going...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Nov 28 2008

Filed under: Enviro Derangement Syndrome, climate change, money, Lubos Motl, gold

tantalite

Minerals have many applications for human use. The mineral tantalite is the main source for the chemical tantalum. The element tantalum plays an important rule in the manufacturing of electronic components like capacitors and high powered resistors. The...

Posted to Torsten by Torsten on Fri, Nov 28 2008

Filed under: metals, tantalum, tantalite, minerals, use-metals, demand, alloys

Beggar's Banquet: a note on bailouts to the NYT's Tim Egan

Timothy Egan , reporter, acclaimed book author and current columnist at the New York Times , posted an honest and understandably confused piece last week , in which he called for a temporary end to the frenzy of Bush-era socializations and wealth-transfers...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Nov 28 2008

Filed under: obama, bailouts, Tim Egan, green jobs

Tragedy of the ocean commons: stocks of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna look ready to crash, like the once rich cod fishery

Despite an 80% drop in populations of east Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna since the mid-1970s, and continued massive overfishing above agreed quotas, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), under pressure...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Nov 28 2008

Filed under: tragedy of commons, fisheries, ITQs, tuna, privatization

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Economics in One Lesson校译之5. Taxes Discourage Production

The Validity of End User License Agreements Redux

Why the State Loves Keynseian Economics

Economics in One Lesson校译之4. Public Works Mean Taxes

Sick Babies Denied Treatment Because of Intellectual Property

Pure and absolute horror.

El Estado - por Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)

Economics in One Lesson校译之2. The Broken Window

Economics in One Lesson校译之1. The Lesson

Economics in One Lesson校译之PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

Economics in One Lesson校译之PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

A physicist cogitates on solving the fiat currency problem

tantalite

Beggar's Banquet: a note on bailouts to the NYT's Tim Egan

Tragedy of the ocean commons: stocks of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna look ready to crash, like the once rich cod fishery