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The "human condition" is always to push forward for the better and economics is the study of that process.
The "human condition" is always to push forward for the better and economics is the study of that process.
Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4].
Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4].
Price fixing does not represent simply windfall gains and losses to particular groups according to whether the price happens to read more
Price fixing does not represent simply windfall gains and losses to particular groups according to whether the price happens to be set higher or lower than it would be otherwise. It represents a net lose to the economy as a whole to the extent that many transactions do not take place at all, because the mutually acceptable possibilities have been reduced.
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And read more
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not understand the creation of resources and wealth, the only intellectual alternative is to believe that increasing wealth must be at the cost of someone else. This belief that our good fortune must be an exploitation of others may be the taproot of false prophecy about doom that our evil ways must bring upon us.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes read more
The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, read more
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907.
Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only read more
Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.
The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.
The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.