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  • Demand creates Supply or Supply creates Demand?

    Since I am new in free market economics, I do not understand something. Others claim that Demand creates Supply (Keynsians or am I wrong?), while Austrian economics say that Supply creates Demand* . Can someone explain this to me, please? If Demand creates Supply is wrong? If so, why? Let's say for...
    Posted to Economics Questions by LandJ on Sun, Oct 6 2013
  • Is the Austrian School the Creationism of Economics?

    This guy thinks so. http://www.debate.org/forums/economics/topic/30571
    Posted to Economics Questions by Austen on Thu, May 2 2013
  • Prosperity Factors

    Since I am ignorant in Economics, what are the factors that contribute to the prosperity? Is GDP? Prices? What else?
    Posted to Economics Questions by LandJ on Sat, Apr 6 2013
  • Financial Crisis 2008 Explanation needed

    Hello. I am trying to undestand the Financial Crisis 2008 and how it began. I watched the Overdose documentary, but I am still a little confused. Could you give me a simple explanation of how the crisis started, please? I would appreciate it if in your explanation, you would include answers in the following...
    Posted to Economics Questions by LandJ on Mon, Dec 24 2012
  • The broken window fallacy does not always hold true (Debate Case)

    Total Spending in an economy is equal to total income In an economy, based on simple arthimetic and common sense, one can see that all spending is equal to income, assuming that the money supply is not increasing. One man's consumption is another man's income. If I buy a fruit at the store, then...
    Posted to General by Austen on Sun, Nov 4 2012
  • On corporate personhood and limited liability

    So it is time to clear up some of my thought about corporate personhood by putting them into writing. There seems the be a growing critique against corporate personhood and limited liability in libertarian circles some even claiming that it is incompatible with capitalism and libertarian ethics. The...
    Posted to Escaping Leviathan by hkarnoldson on Sun, Jan 16 2011
    Filed under: ENGLISH, economics, corporate personhood
  • EconToons.com - Educating by Cartoons

    Hey Guys, Just wanted to tell you guys about a great new resource to educate people who don't know much about economics by just telling them to go to econtoons.com which goes to youtube playlist of many economics related cartoons to illustrate and educate on many fundamental concepts. Alex Merced
    Posted to AlexMerced by Alex Merced on Tue, Dec 21 2010
    Filed under: Economics, Inflation, Government, Deflation, Education, Loans, Credit, Monetary, Economists, Banks, Policy
  • Some thoughts on free-market banking

    First of all there are many misinterpretations about what fractional reserve banking actually is. So lets being with sorting out some of our terminology. A lot of people claim fractional reserve banking isn't fraudulent because everyone can agree on it. Well that is just the thing, they can't...
    Posted to Escaping Leviathan by hkarnoldson on Thu, Jun 17 2010
    Filed under: ENGLISH, economics, banking
  • Of ants and men: Self-organization and the free society.

    A hurricane develops over the Atlantic, a thunderstorm over the midwest. A dust devil whirls like a dervish across a vacant lot. A flock of starlings dances, amoeba-like in the sky. A hive of bees finds the best nectar sources. A colony of ants finds food, establishes trails, and builds its nest . A...
    Posted to Man, Meaning, and Freedom by William Green on Fri, Apr 30 2010
    Filed under: liberty, self-organization, invisible hand, economics, freedom
  • Individualism, Creativity, and Innovation

    Individualism, Creativity, and Innovation by Alex Merced Premise 1: That creativity comes from tapping into your inner child Kids say the darndest things don't they? It's this innocent nature that we admire in kids, when they are young before society begins socializing, limits, values, artificial...
    Posted to AlexMerced by Alex Merced on Sat, Apr 24 2010
    Filed under: Austrian, Economics, Investment, Innovation, Opportunity Cost, Creativity, Government, Keynesian
  • The natural level of profit in a free market.

    The natural state of affairs when market entry is free is for net utility gain from profit-orientated investment to tend to zero. This is not the same thing as average monetary gains because the marginal utility of money declines as the amount of money an individual or group has increases. Therefore...
    Posted to Austrian Economics by Livemike on Sun, Feb 22 2009
    Filed under: economics, please check this., profit, rewards to factors
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