- Budget Deficit
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Greece–a portent of things to come?
Moodys Investors Service considers Greece to have defaulted per its default definitions. The announcement comes despite Athens reaching a deal with private creditors for a bond exchange that will shave…
Can ocean cities revolutionize politics?
In the fourth part of the book, I explain how it is necessary to recreate the frontier in order to regain the politico-economic balance needed for free markets. There are…
Can currents in childbearing be healthy for the economy?
(Child Trends) Having children outside of marriage–nonmarital childbearing–is increasingly common in the United States. A new Research Brief, Childbearing Outside of Marriage: Estimates and Trends in the United States, describes how…
- Austrian School
- Autarchy
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- Closed System
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- Legal Theory
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- Political Theory
- Polycentrism
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- Self-Rule
- Self-Sufficiency
- Systems Theory
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Is the government an agreement between the people, or is it a coercive force that dictates what the people do?
This question is at the heart of the great debate: Is the government an agreement between the people, or is it a coercive force that dictates what the people do?…
Wikipedia Going Dark to Protest SOPA
Wikipedia will go offline Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act SOPA, according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. Wales made the announcement via a series of tweets.“This is going to…
Good reads–The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
`The Righteous Mind’ presents an imaginative theory on the origins of human morality and the source of discord in the realm of moral systems such as politics and religion. It…
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Current Events
- Distributism
- Ecology
- Economic Theory
- Free Land
- Frontier Thesis
- Game Theory
- Indiana School
- Influences
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- Motivation
- Perpetuity
- Political Theory
- Polycentrism
- Public Choice Theory
- Self-Government
- Self-Rule
- Solutions
- Systems Theory
- Zero-sum
Sustainable development and the tragedy of commons
Stockholm whiteboard seminars: Nobel Prize-winner Elinor Ostrom explains how people can use natural resources in a sustainable way based on the diversity that exists in the world. Succinct brilliance.
Currents in currency
Away with the past: (Death to Pennies) The story of the penny starts in the first US Mint founded in 1792 which produced these one-cent pieces along with other coins…
- 2007-08 Crisis
- Austrian School
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Current Events
- Debt Ceiling
- Economic Policy
- Economic Theory
- Federal Budget
- Foreign Aid
- George Mason School
- Inflation
- Interdependency
- Keynesianism
- Marxism
- Motivation
- National Debt
- Perpetuity
- Political Theory
- Systems Theory
- Wealth
- Welfare Statism
- Zero-sum
The end of the euro?–Tyler Cowen on the European crisis
(EconTalk) Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the European crisis. Cowen argues that Greece is likely to default either in fact or in…
Are the 1% really that different from the 99%?
The culture divide is probably best displayed by the anguish of protesters (in the Tea Party and in the Occupy Wall Street movements). For the most part, the protesters have…
- Chicago School
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Distributism
- Division of Labor
- Ecology
- Economic Policy
- Economic Theory
- Free Market
- Frontier Thesis
- Interdependency
- Keynesianism
- Motivation
- Perpetuity
- Polycentrism
- Self-Reliance
- Self-Sufficiency
- Simplicity
- Solutions
- Specialism
- Systems Theory
- Trade
- Wealth
- Welfare Statism
- Zero-sum
The inefficiency of home-grown food
Recently, two members of congress have introduced legislation which is aimed at lowering carbon output by encouraging local food production and distribution. There are a number of things wrong with…
The bane of representative government
(Reuters) Lawmakers abandoned their high-profile effort to rein in the country’s ballooning debt on Monday in a sign that Washington likely will not be able to resolve a dispute over…
- Austrian School
- Capitalism
- Chicago School
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Culture Divide
- Distributism
- Division of Labor
- Economic Policy
- Economic Theory
- Free Land
- Free Market
- Game Theory
- Interdependency
- Keynesianism
- Marxism
- Political Theory
- Poverty
- Self-Government
- Self-Reliance
- Self-Rule
- Self-Sufficiency
- Sociology
- Systems Theory
- Trade
- Wealth
- Welfare Statism
- Zero-sum
Zero-sum economics: the core issue of the great debate
Is the economy a zero-sum game? John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market says that it isn’t a zero-sum game. (WSJ.com) Business is not a zero-sum game struggling…
An insoluble problem
Excedrin’s funny and insightful campaign reveals a lot about the unnecessary complexity of modern trade.
Population 7 Billion
There will soon be seven billion people on the planet. By 2045 global population is projected to reach nine billion. Can the planet take the strain? via Population 7 Billion…
The end of the credit card?
It’s an app called Card Case, and it’s made by Square, the brilliant payments company founded by Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey. Because Card Case runs on your phone, it may…
Does forgiving debt reduce economic stress?
(Christian Science Monitor) President Obama on Wednesday is launching a new plan to lower the cost of paying back student loans for millions of borrowers – the latest installment in…
- 2007-08 Crisis
- Austrian School
- Autarchy
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Culture Divide
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- Wealth
Bank Transfer Day is November 5
A group on Facebook has announced that Nov. 5th is Bank Transfer Day. The idea is simple: take your money out of the sprawling, corporate monstrosities called banks and move…
Films of note in theaters
Margin Call: A thriller that revolves around the key people at a investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis. Ides of March: A…