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Thomas Sowell on Snow Jobs

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Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Tue, Dec 8 2009

Filed under: Sowell, jobs

Feedforward Transaction

In the previous posting I discussed the basic operations of the action of a subsistence human culture. Since we are considering the ramificiations of Human Action we will ignore other species. While it can be argued that other species show some of the...

Posted to George Giles by George Giles on Sun, Mar 14 2010

Filed under: Econometrics, Quantitative Austrian Economics, Graph Theory

Price of Human Action

Previously I elaborated a method for calculating the results of Human Action using graph theory and some simple combinatoric algorithms. The most important thing in

Posted to George Giles by George Giles on Thu, Apr 29 2010

The Actual Path

Albert Einstein is widely regarded as the twentieth centuries greatest genius. I would like to posit that this is not true but that title really belongs Richard Phillips Feynman. Dr. Feynman was certainly a curious character. He did not like quantum mechanics...

Posted to George Giles by George Giles on Sat, Mar 20 2010

Filed under: Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, Austrian Economic Theory, Quantitative Austrian Economics, Graph Theory

Conservatism

Conservatism By Monty Pelerin , posted April 3rd, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/04/03/conservatism/ The words “conservative” and “liberal” are almost devoid of meaning. That is a reason not to use them. Probably more than...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sun, Apr 4 2010

Filed under: Jefferson, conservative, Hultberg

Verstehen

When a historian reads a historical document, he needs to be able to interpret it in order to understand the thoughts of the author. He has to be able to imagine how the structure of the ideas and paragraphs fit together in the mind of the author. If...

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Fri, Jun 5 2009

Short video: prominent military and defense staff review climate trends and discuss risks

I thought some of you might be interested. h/t Michael Tobis: http://initforthegold.blogspot.com/2010/07/climate-change-and-national-security.html

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Jul 6 2010

Institutions In Weber’s Own Time

During the late 1800's, there was some institutional stability in Germany's political sphere, thanks to the devotion to Rechtsstaat , or rule of law. This meant that all of those in the government were duty-bound to uphold the legal order, creating...

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Fri, Jun 12 2009

Massachusetts from a Seinfeld Perspective

Massachusetts from a Seinfeld Perspective By Monty Pelerin , posted January 23rd, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/23/massachusetts-from-a-seinfeld-perspective/ In a post on November 19 entitled Another Failed Presidency , I stated: At this point...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Fri, Jan 29 2010

Filed under: Seinfeld, Massachusetts election

A View from the Trenches, January 11th, 2010: "Revising the outlook"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: january-11-2009 As anticipated on earlier letters (December 2009), in 2010 I expect the continuation of the ongoing asset appreciation trend. I had also disagreed with the mainstream view that volatility...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, Jan 11 2010

Music links

The soundtrack against public schooling seems to be growing in size and quality Read More...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Daniel J. D'Amico on Tue, Sep 15 2009

Beggar-thy-Neighbor Pressures Increase

Beggar-thy-Neighbor Pressures Increase By Monty Pelerin , posted March 27th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/27/beggar-thy-neighbor-pressures-increase/ The forces of the worldwide recession are starting to be felt in defensive moves. According...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sat, Mar 27 2010

Filed under: Protectionism, devaluations

The new CAFE.

Our wise leaders have once again decided that they can shape reality or perhaps in a more sinister sense decided what we should drive. Regardless if this is their own arrogance, their own egos telling them they can rewrite the laws of physics, chemistry...

Posted to Bracket Bending by Brent the bracket bender on Tue, Apr 13 2010

Political Institutions

Political institutions show the weakness of the internal/external dichotomy. At times, stable political institutions can act as a comprehensive and reliable framework which individuals can rely upon. Other times, such as during the 1930's, political...

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Sun, Jun 14 2009

A View from the Trenches, April 15th, 2010: "Update on our 2010 Outlook"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: april-15-2010 Perhaps the most relevant theme this week is how the market is digesting the announcement of the EUR45BN aid package (some now speculate it can go even further) for Greece. Briefly,...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Wed, Apr 14 2010