Myths about Free Markets

Posted: February 16, 2012 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Discrimination, Greed, Inequality, Monopoly, Uncategorized, War | Leave a comment »

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Myths about Free Markets

Kahneman, Greed and Success, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

Posted: January 4, 2012 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Inequality, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/01/kahneman_greed.html

Lessons From and For the Class Struggle on Wall Street

Posted: October 14, 2011 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Financial Crisis, Greed | Leave a comment »

http://www.forbes.com/sites/artcarden/2011/10/13/lessons-from-and-for-the-class-struggle-on-wall-street/

Sowell Quote

Posted: March 15, 2011 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed | Leave a comment »

http://divisionoflabour.com/archives/2011_03.php#007653

The Psychology of People Against Profit, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

Posted: December 15, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Profit, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2010/12/the_psychology_1.html

Consumerism Is Keynesianism

Posted: December 9, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Keynesian Economics | Leave a comment »

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/consumerism-is-keynesianism/

The Myth of the Razors-and-Blades Strategy

Posted: September 15, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Corporatism, Greed | Leave a comment »

http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2010/09/15/the-razors-and-blades-myth/

Richest lawmakers grew wealthier as economy faltered

Posted: September 5, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Inequality, Rich, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100901/pl_yblog_upshot/richest-lawmakers-grew-wealthier-last-year-as-economy-faltered

Westerners vs. the World: We are the WEIRD ones Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/Westerners+World+weird+ones/3427126/story.html#ixzz0xoy35eaH

Posted: August 27, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Behavioral Economics, Greed | Leave a comment »

http://www.nationalpost.com/Westerners+World+weird+ones/3427126/story.html

Prosperity is the friend of wildlife | The Rational Optimist…

Posted: August 14, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Environment, Greed, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/prosperity-friend-wildlife

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Benjamin Franklin on wealth

Posted: July 30, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Wealth | Leave a comment »

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kochan-luxury-20100726,0,5604070.story

Milton Friedman: Do Good-ers Who Do Harm

Posted: June 3, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Self Interest | Leave a comment »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P9Y4H2GyS4&playnext_from=TL&videos=VpOP1jNRmqg

Kirzner on Self Interest

Posted: May 25, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Self Interest, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj25n3/cj25n3-6.pdf

The Political Economy of Segregation

Posted: May 22, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Race, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2121814

Why Businesses Don’t Experiment

Posted: April 10, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Capitalism, Doux Commerce Thesis, Greed, Morals, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

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Why Businesses Don’t Experiment

Unintended Consequences

Posted: March 14, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Economics, Ethics, Greed, Methodology, Morals | Leave a comment »

Professor Steven Horwitz:

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Consider the two-by-two matrix below.

We have moral language for three of the four possible combinations of intent and outcome. Vice and virtue are easy enough, as they are our common terms for discussing the morality or desirability of our actions when the outcomes match our intentions. But what about when they don’t? We have the category of “negligence” when we cause negative outcomes we did not intend, such as failing to set the brake on a car that rolls down a hill and damages property. But we do not have a word for the unintentional doing of good! That missing box is filled in by economics and good social science as they explain how, under the right institutional framework, the pursuit of self-interest leads to unintended benefits for society as a whole.”

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/unintended-consequences/

Who’s Greedy?

Posted: January 28, 2010 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

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Who’s Greedy?

The Lesson of Ebenezer Scrooge

Posted: December 25, 2009 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Charity, Greed, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

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The Lesson of Ebenezer Scrooge

Greedy-Bastard Economics

Posted: October 6, 2009 | Author: Daniel J. Smith | Filed under: Greed, Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

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Greedy-Bastard Economics

If your landlord or apartment manager hasn’t gotten around to fixing your garbage disposal for weeks, how carefully do you think about why? If you are like many people, you simply blame your landlord or manager