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It is in the long run that the corporation lives.
John Kenneth Galbraith spoke of “countervailing power”. [Detail] His analysis is useful in viewing franchisee and franchisor relationships. The massive reduction in risk that is inherent i… more →
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Economics is a ...
wrote 1 day ago: Professor Galbraith, economist, speaking in the Peacock Theatre after accepting an honorary degree f … more →
Blaming Consumers is a Cop Out
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wrote 1 week ago: [Update: On Orhtheory, Jerry Davis object to my comment (which was the first draft of this post) for … more →
Assign three spinsters to snipe patrol....
wrote 2 weeks ago: Ffolkes, And then I woke up….. What do you think? Will it work as a template? I think it work … more →
"The Conventional View Serves To Protect Us From The Painful Job Of Thinking." --JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
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wrote 2 weeks ago: -<<(JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH)>>- -{1906-2006}- -<<{CANADIAN ECONOMIST And PUBLIC OFF … more →
What I Read in April 2013
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Robert Graves, I Claudius. Graves’ historical novel takes us into the world of the early Caesa … more →
For Whom the World Toils....
wrote 4 weeks ago: Today’s lesson children is history. Specifically a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith. In case … more →
Don’t count gold out: it may be the last man standing
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wrote 1 month ago: Vivek Kaul At the very outset let me confess that this has been a difficult piece to write. When eve … more →
Plato and the Healthy Community
wrote 1 month ago: Athens and Sparta, two of the most powerful Greek city-states, had fought as allies in the Greco-Per … more →
Quote of the Day
wrote 1 month ago: Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, … more →
Springwater Park is now in an exceptionally creative time
wrote 1 month ago: The possibilities are much more now than before Camp Nibi (native camp at Springwater Park) happened … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy … more →
On The Overspent American
wrote 1 month ago: I recently finished reading The Overspent American – Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consu … more →
New tricks for old dogs.....
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wrote 1 month ago: Ffolkes, As he stepped aboard the waiting train, he turned to look back at her, a small, forlorn fig … more →
Easter and Eostre, Germanic goddess
wrote 1 month ago: In the Christian tradition, it is Easter – named after Eostre, the Germanic Goddess of Fertility and … more →
Friday afternoons in Halifax
wrote 2 months ago: We woke up to another 10cm of snow this morning – making it about 40cms of new snow since last … more →
What is Libertarianism all about?
wrote 2 months ago: For the link to the web address source of this essay CLICK HERE (LewRockwell.com) This essay is base … more →
Why We Think What We Think
wrote 2 months ago: BPR Quote of the Day: “What is thought to be the responsible public opinion is, at any given t … more →
Let’s Bring Back American Jobs
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wrote 2 months ago: Popular Economics Weekly It’s well-known that American job formation isn’t keeping up with economic … more →
Lapham's Quarterly Fall 2011, The Future
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wrote 2 months ago: I’m playing catch-up on this one. It is the favorite Quarterly of a scholarly, well-read frie … more →
