Below is a diagram I created showing the evolution of mankind from hunter-gatherers to the development of coins as the instrument for doing commerce. I developed this diagram by combining information … more →
Diverse Thoughtswrote 4 days ago: I could not help revisiting this topic, it is so interesting and multisided ( and controversial!) . … more →
wrote 5 days ago: This Christmas we invested in a new board-game. I was particularly interested in one which has eleme … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: History keeps repeating, and it gives me indigestion. In 1963 Bob Dylan wrote the famous words: Com … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The online version of the book is here. http://www.online-literature.com/adam_smith/wealth_nations/ … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “What is more unexpected is that it is China that has an appetite for the father … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Adam Smith’s “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” presented an alternate … more →
wrote 2 months ago: “The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert it … more →
wrote 2 months ago: … or I came, I saw and I did a little shopping. That was I think the general motivation behind … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I just got back from the gym, and tonight I saw what I see every time I go for a workout. A very out … more →
wrote 4 months ago: THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS by Thorstein Veblen Chapter One ~~ Introductory The institution of a … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Wow, I thought that her earlier podcast on marriage and family was good. This new podcast is a MUST … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Anyone who visits this blog on a regular basis has a sense for how much we respect the Wall Street J … more →
wrote 5 months ago: I like MMW. It is a history/literature class with a lot of bs added. However, I enjoy a number of th … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Books are generally a waste of time. Most books are not worth the paper they are printed on, and I h … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Tiberius recently posted a comment piece regarding a recent article by Cynicus Economicus. Though th … more →
wrote 8 months ago: “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” is one of the most profound works o … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Objectives Explain key economic terms such as scarcity, supply and demand, marginality, in the way t … more →
wrote 8 months ago: These quotes are from Adam Smith, a moral philosopher and author of The Wealth of Nations and The Th … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday, I attended the 39th Commencement Exercises of my Alma Mater, Mindanao State University-Il … more →