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Trade and the Zero-Sum Fallacy
Economics is Fun Series – Part 4 – Trade Another great video from the Adam Smith Institute. This week Madsen Pirie looks at trade and also dispatches the zero-sum fallacy (the “big c… more →
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Introduction to LaTeX
wrote 3 days ago: I recently gave an introductory presentation on to my fellow graduate students in the Mathematics an … more →
Course video 2: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
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wrote 5 days ago: Lynne Kiesling Here’s the second video for my history of economic thought course: a synopsis o … more →
Trade and the Zero-Sum Fallacy
wrote 2 weeks ago: Economics is Fun Series – Part 4 – Trade Another great video from the Adam Smith Institu … more →
We may be losing Elizabeth Fry but we still have Adam Smith
wrote 3 weeks ago: When Winston Churchill replaces social reformer Elizabeth Fry on the new £5 note in 2016 it will mea … more →
Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Smiling and Happy
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Continuing The Updates...
wrote 4 weeks ago: By: Alton C. Thompson Economist-turned-sociologist Edward Alsworth Ross [1866 – 1951], writing in 19 … more →
Under the Thumb of the Invisible Hand
wrote 1 month ago: Adam Smith (1723-1790) The metaphor of the “Invisible Hand of the Market” was first intr … more →
On the grubby pursuit of wealth and glory
wrote 1 month ago: Did Adam Smith answer his own question? Perhaps no economist will ever again so utterly encompass hi … more →
Just Another DFH
wrote 1 month ago: Over at Balloon Juice, DougJ got the day started with yet more evidence that the Republican Party re … more →
A Wealth of Information: About Economics (Part 1)
wrote 1 month ago: Key Arguments Capitalism is a moral system, that channels self interest for the common good The divi … more →
Jedi Finance
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wrote 1 month ago: Sea monk from 1575 book by Swiss naturalist Konrad Gesner A mythical force has taken hold of finance … more →
More unintentional humor from Texas conservatives: Can't read charts on economic systems
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wrote 1 month ago: Mural in the Adams Building of the Library of Congress,m with Thomas Jefferson’s views on educ … more →
CVS and the Gov't connected Insurance Network Cabal wants your Health data...
wrote 1 month ago: So now CVS wants your health vitals. I guess they are the guinea pigs for the next generation govern … more →
Value: Do You REALLY Understand What It Is?
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wrote 1 month ago: What springs to mind when you hear the word “value”? In this post I’m going to briefly explore an al … more →
The Pin Factory
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wrote 2 months ago: Economics is Fun Series – Part 3 – Specialisation More great stuff from the Adam Smith I … more →
Why taking a break is good for you
wrote 2 months ago: Excessive application, during four days of the week, is frequently the real cause of the idleness of … more →
A Pencils Life
wrote 2 months ago: Comrades, Here is a paper that was presented by Leonard E. Read, and was originally published in the … more →
Yahoo meets The Wisdom of Crowds and Telecommuting
wrote 2 months ago: Several years ago, I attended an alumni class that discussed James Surowiecki’s book, “T … more →
Extent of British Empire Revealed in Prevalence of Bingo?
wrote 2 months ago: Though the world’s political system continuously changes on its surface, many scholars argue the Bri … more →
