All Communication Lessons

All Communication Lessons

Economic Fallacies

https://fee.org/articles/3-common-economic-fallacies-that-need-to-die/ FEE.org posted 3 Common Economic Fallacies That Need to Die. Imports Subtract From Economic Growth Middle-Class Stagnation The Gender Wage Gap This gave me the idea to put together a list of...

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F. A. Hayek Quotes

Hayek, Friedrich A. (1952). Individualism: True and False, @lantis Version It is the contention that, by tracing the combined effects of individual actions, we discover that many of the institutions on which human achievements rest have arisen and are functioning...

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Libertarianism Basics

#1 - Non-aggression principle and victimless crimes “How would a libertarian society address drug addiction, public services, caring for the poor, or reckless businesses? #2 - Free-market economics - libertarians prefer laissez-faire capitalism over government...

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Correlation Between Money and Happiness

I found this post on Bloomberg interesting. It supports the belief that having money is important for many reasons, including happiness. Having money takes worry out your life. It takes money to live so having it is important. Here is that post. We need to discuss...

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7 National Conservativism Beliefs

The third annual National Conservatism Conference was held Sept. 11-13, 2022. Here are 7 "Beliefs" as reported by the Daily Signal - 7 Highlights from National Conservatism Conference. Sen. Josh Hawley: ‘The American Revolution Is a Continuation of the Revolution of...

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Hayekian behavioral economics

In a recent post, Cass Sunstein suggested that Behavior Economics somehow invalidates F. A. Hayek.  I disagree.  Using Fractal Thinking, Behavior Economics is perfectly aligned with Hayek and other important economic thinkers like Adam Smith....

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Behavioral Economics

What Is Behavioral Economics? Behavioral economics is, in a way, at the intersection of economics and psychology. In fact, the "behavioral" in behavioral economics can be thought of as the analog of the "behavioral" in behavioral psychology. On one hand, traditional...

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Creating a Federal Minimum Wage is a Bad Idea

Creating a Federal Minimum Wage is a Bad Idea for a number of reasons. There is nothing "necessarily" wrong with a community setting a minimum wage.  But that minimum wage must be voluntary and limited to that single community. The Congressional Budget Office released...

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Machiavelli: On Change

“It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm...

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Nock and Mencken on Democracy and Equality

Nock and Mencken on Democracy and Equality Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) and Henry L. Mencken (1880–1956) were the two leading libertarian intellectuals of the Old Right, during the thirties of the twentieth century. Both defended laissez-faire but opposed the New Deal,...

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Hayek on Health Care

Hayek on Health Care and Other Social Safety Nets This lesson is on how Hayek views Health Care and other Social Safety Nets. The following passage is taken from The Road to Serfdom, Text and Documents, The Definitive Edition, by F. A. Hayek, edited by Bruce Caldwell,...

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Fractal Markets Theory

Fundamentals Of Fractal Markets Theory< In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, many have challenged the dominant economic theories and perspectives on markets. The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) in particular has fallen short in explaining the crisis. According...

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I, Pencil

The activities for Economics in One Day are developed around the themes of Leonard E. Read’s classic essay, ‘‘I, Pencil.’’ ARTICLE: I, Pencil: My Family Tree - Leonard Reed (FEE.org) [http://at.fee.org/1yAq6Jf] ‘‘Not a single person in the world knows all the...

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Hayek – Central Planning

This is not a dispute about whether planning is to be done or not. It is a dispute as to whether planning is to be done centrally, by one authority for the whole economic system, or is to be divided among many individuals. From The Use of Knowledge in Society.  

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Aggregate Demand

Aggregate demand is an economic measurement of the total amount of demand for all finished goods and services produced in an economy. Aggregate demand is expressed as the total amount of money exchanged for those goods and services at a specific price level and point...

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12 Economic Concepts

Twelve Economic Concepts Everyone Should Know 1. Gains from trade: In any economic exchange, freely chosen, both parties benefit–at least in their own minds. 2. Subjective value: The value of any good or service is determined by the individual human mind....

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Henry Ford and the $5 wage

He says Ford proved that higher wages led to more productivity, which in turn was good for business. That positive feedback loop gave rise to a broad, prosperous middle class. But over the years, waves of economic pressures and political changes have broken that link....

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Hayek’s Biggest Ideas

Five of Hayek's Biggest Ideas F. A. Hayek has had a lot of great thoughts.  I'd thought it would be useful to layout 5 of Hayek's biggest Ideas. Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) is today glorified by freedom lovers all around the world. The Austrian in a double...

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Adam Smith – All Quotes

“No human wisdom or knowledge could ever be sufficient [for] the duty of superintending the industry of private people..." “[Governments are] ...without exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.” “The agents of [government] regard the wealth of their master...

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Fractal Politics

Fractal Politics “The rise of fractal politics” was first submitted to the Nine Dots Prize in response to the question, “Are digital technologies making politics impossible?” The essay was written as a thought piece prior to the announcement of the 2017 UK General...

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Ernst Friedrich Schumacher

Ernst Friedrich Schumacher (16 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was a German-British statistician and economist who is best known for his proposals for human-scale, decentralised and appropriate technologies.[1] He served as Chief Economic Advisor to the British...

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Adam Smith – Wealth of Nations

The Condensed Wealth of Nations and The Incredibly Condensed Theory of Moral Sentiments Eamonn Butler     Contents 1 Introduction 4 2  The Condensed Wealth of Nations 7Book I: Economic efficiency and the factors of production 9Book II: The accumulation of...

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Cartesianism

Cartesianism, the philosophical and scientific traditions derived from the writings of the French philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650). Metaphysically and epistemologically, Cartesianism is a species of rationalism, because Cartesians hold that knowledge—indeed,...

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Individualism: True and False | F. A. Hayek

According to Hayek, there are two opposing ideas about how to understand individuals and the society in which they live: true individualism and false individualism. These ideas permeate all social and political thought. They apply to beliefs about reason and knowledge, economics, justice, equality, power, tradition, marriage and family, and government.

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Forget Bitcoin, Here Comes EFTs

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are all the rage with investors — even as their prices have taken some big hits lately. So it should come as no surprise that there are now two exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, focused on blockchain technology, the digital ledger that...

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Fastest Growing Occupations

Fastest growing occupations: 20 occupations with the highest percent change of employment between 2014-24.   Wind turbine service technicians - 108% - $51,050 per year Occupational therapy assistants - 43% - $57,870 per year Physical therapist assistants - 41%...

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Taxes Are Not Theft – They Are Dues

Taxes are not theft, they are dues.  They are dues to belong to the community.  They are dues to maintain the common infrastructure required for the community to thrive. Dues are not theft because if you don't want to pay the dues to belong to the community you are...

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Business Management

Change - Complex systems are in a complex state of flux.  Focus on what you can control.  Do not become attached to one way to do something.  Small independent book stores gave way to Barnes and Nobel and other big box book sellers.  Then then gave way to Amazon....

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The false logic of Some Christian Absolutists!

Below is a post from Matt Slick. (I copied the entire post.  I hope Matt does not hold me in copyright violation).  Matt Slick is President and Founder of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (CARM). Matt started CARM to respond to the many false teachings...

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