by Didact | Dec 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
FrancisBegbie had a request regarding my recent post about the manner in which economies conduct seppuku: Economics is pretty simple in a lot of ways, and cannot be modelled with bullshit models. I’ve taken looks at some of them econometrics models and...
by Didact | Dec 1, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
There has been some considerable gnashing of teeth among the American right after the recent release of Pope Francis’s first ever papal manifesto- and it’s not hard to see why: “Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of...
by Didact | Nov 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
A recent article over at Mises.org jogged my memory about the way in which an economy commits suicide: Imagine that Cuba and North Korea became, overnight, the two most free-market, limited-government countries in the world. The two countries would have immediately...
by Didact | Nov 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
That’s what Obamacare has been so far: Health insurance companies have already notified at least 3.5 million Americans that their plans are being cancelled as a result of Obamacare. That number, reported Monday by the Associated Press, is the latest data...
by Didact | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Given that we are apparently only months away from seeing the first ever female Chairman/woman/person (who really gives a toss about the politically correct nomenclature when it comes to the creature from Jekyll Island?) of the Federal bloody Reserve, I think...
by Didact | Sep 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
pumpsix has a question on one of my favourite subjects- books: Just wondering, can you recommend a book on the economic battles between USA and USSR? (Also, off topic, do you know of any good books on economic history? I have New Ideas from Dead Economists and The...
by Didact | Sep 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Elusive Wapiti has an interesting article up in which he references a recent study that argues that, basically, Western society has gotten significantly stupider over time to draw some interesting conclusions: Certainly their theory has superficial merit, for it...
by Didact | Aug 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
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by Didact | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
My sister and I are very close, but in many ways we are as different as chalk and cheese. In no respect is this more true than in our choices of colleges and majors, and in our post-college careers. Speaking with her earlier today, I came to realise that Aaron Clarey-...
by Didact | Jun 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
pumpsix returns with a good question on the Reagan Revolution: What do you think of Reaganomics? The idea, to me, seems so logical. More capital in the hands of those who can produce factories and jobs. However, I am constantly told that Reaganomics didn’t work....
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