Political Theory

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

Wheylous — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 02:45:25 GMT

people usally don't get hired just to make a 5% profit

Neoclassical economics disagrees, but I haven't thought enough to decide whether I disagree with their disagreement.

Anyway, the argument according to them is MR=MC.

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

cab21 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:26:49 GMT

so you tackled the min wage

do you also want to tackle of rules and regulations?

if a state has no minimum wage, but has a flat amount of benefits people are required to pay, say 20000 per employee, then the employee will not be hired and the no minimum wage will not save him. the other type of add on can be taxes, if there is no minimum wage, but 30% taxes, the someone cannot hire someone who he thinks will earn less less than 130% of the wage or salery. people usally don't get hired just to make a 5% profit, especily in small business, perhaps a big chain store like walmart can minimun worker production profit, but the small store with lower sales volume needs a higher profit than that to survive.

min wage is one factor, it could be one easy factor, and maybe it;s the principle that matters, but i also think it would be cool to go over other regulations that may be hidden and other unseen costs to workers that employers have to consider when making a hiring decision.

it looks like your goal is to show how the state keeps people in poverty and that is a great goal to show

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

bitbutter — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:42:23 GMT

Yes, thanks. It appeared in the wake of this excellent article by Daniel James Sanchez: http://mises.org/daily/6004/Edgar-the-Entrepreneur

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

John James — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:57:18 GMT

Did anyone notice there's a "Edgar the Entrepreneur" Collection featured in the Mises Store?

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

BiPolarMoment — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:11:54 GMT

Well I went ahead and pulled the trigger there--I also saw the e-mail that you reached your goal last night; congrats.

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

bitbutter — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:13:32 GMT

@BiPolarMoment

They're sticky vinyl, designed to be stuck on the inside of a window, facing outside. Hope that helps.

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

BiPolarMoment — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:38:49 GMT

bitbutter,

I don't know the best way to ask you but here seems to work: Is the window sticker on the crowdfunding campaign for Give Me Your Ball a vinyl static sticker or an adhesive backed one?

Love the videos.

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

John James — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:54:36 GMT

A nice writeup in the Mises Daily:

Edgar the Entrepreneur

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

John James — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:58:44 GMT

oooOOOooo. Someone's going to disprove the economic laws presented in Edgar the Exploiter...

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Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

bitbutter — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:55:25 GMT

Thanks for sharing Edgar here!

Just a note: I'm running a crowdfunding campaign to produce the third animation in the 'George' series: Give Me Your Ball. You can find a video and all the details here: http://www.indiegogo.com/Albin-and-the-bully

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

My Buddy — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:32:29 GMT

I'm more waiting for the third Keynes vs Hayek rap, especially after the awesomesauce that was Fight of the Century

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

Wheylous — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:34:58 GMT

Because George Ought to Help was so amazing!

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

gotlucky — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:19:33 GMT

It's a good question. Why have you been waiting for it? :p

Re: Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

MaikU — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:29:41 GMT

why me?

Edgar the Exploiter IS OUT!!!

Wheylous — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:13:26 GMT

What we've all been waiting for!!!

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Yes, Nielsio posted this in some thread, but it deserves its own thread!