by ALN | May 20, 2022 | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin – A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System – Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin - A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System - Satoshi...
by ALN | May 1, 2022 | Economics Foundations, Schools of Thought
Schools of Economic Thought I found this at Cullen Roche. He said he got it from The guys at Zero Hedge. I thought it a good addition to the Class on Economics Schools of Thought. Fractal Economics Overview – Variations in financial prices can be accounted for by a...
by ALN | May 12, 2021 | 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...
by ALN | Mar 25, 2021 | Arguments for Libertarianism
Libertarianism is identified as a political philosophy by its commitment to strong rights of private property, free markets, and strictly limited government. Though this is true to a certain extent of all libertarians, it is most clearly and consistently true of...
by ALN | Feb 14, 2021 | Technology Management
Exploring the Limits of the Technology S-Curve. Part I: Component Technologies Learning Objective: Understand the Four propositions about the usefulness of the S-curve. This reading is important for 2 reasons. It discusses a very important theoretical point, S-Curves...
by ALN | Feb 11, 2021 | Arguments against Minimum Wage
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...
by ALN | Jan 29, 2021 | Arguments Against Liberalism
Is America destined to become like California? Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey created a stir recently when he tweeted out an article calling for an end to bipartisanship and the beginning of nationwide, one-party rule—similar to the Golden State. He called it a “great read.”...
by ALN | Jan 3, 2021 | Fractal Economics
Fractal Economics is giving economics its “Copernican Moment.” Before Copernicus, it was widely believed that everything – including the Sun – revolved around the Earth, rather than the Earth revolving around the Sun. Everyone used...
by ALN | Dec 31, 2020 | Role of Government
Conservatives often regard any community provided “safety net” as either morally illegitimate or economically destructive. This lesson will examine why opposition to any safety net is the default Conservative position, and why some Conservatives...
by ALN | Aug 23, 2020 | Arguments for Libertarianism
Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0042366#authcontrib Abstract Libertarians are an increasingly prominent ideological group in U.S....
