9 articles on "economics"

Malthus and Synarchy

There are many ways to characterize economic theory and its major influence Synarchy or the landed class. We read about the Equestrian class in Rome and the farmers or Bauers who became the De Medicis and later the Rothschilds. All of them seem to m...

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The Dismal Mind - Economics as a Pretension to Science - Part III

4. Homo EconomicusThe economic actor is assumed to be constantly engaged in the rational pursuit of self interest. This is not a realistic model - merely a (useful) approximation. People don't repeat their mistakes systematically (rationality in...

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Behavioral Economics What's That

A new science sheds light on some of our most important decisions. Behavioral economics is the study of how and why people make money-related decisions. As a science it is relatively new, although some of its findings have been known intuitively by g...

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Outstanding Business Professors at WVU, Part 2

Stratford Douglas enrolled at the University of North Carolina in an economics graduate program in 1982. Five years later, he graduated with his Ph.D. in Econometrics. After taking three years to work for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, he ...

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Social Security BullShit: A Socratic Discussion with a Texas Cowboy at McDonald"s

Using non-technical language and a dialogue format, this short ebook explains the problems with privatization and misleading privatization arguments. Logical fallacies and economic concepts are presented in a Socratic discussion. Steve Baba has a P...

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Some Introductory Economics For The Armchair Economist

This article discusses some introductory economics for the armchair economist, namely the basic principles of economics that can be seen anywhere and everywhere. What is Economics? The US economy? The UK economy? Gross Domestic Product? Internation...

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Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch

Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch by: Sam Vaknin "It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at." Ludwig von Mises E...

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The Dismal Mind - Economics as a Pretension To Science

Dismal Mind - Economics as a Pretension To Science by: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at. Ludwig v...

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Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch

"It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at."Ludwig von MisesEconomics - to the great dismay of economists - is merely a branch of ...

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