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Mon Jan 11 00:29:11 UTC 2016 <thestringpuller> mircea_popescu: saw this on reddit and was surprised "Even 1000 euros feel too much to spent for a much needed new laptop instead of getting some BTC Am I mad?" to which someone replied "And this is why some economists fear Bitcoin -- as expenditures will become more sane. If that laptop made you much more productive, you would still choose to make that purchase rather than saving. But it seems you don't really need that new la
Sun Jan 10 14:52:14 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> this said, it has to be pointed out that the one thing all these derps have in common is - that they can not afford to pay for the hardware that is required to run their software they've "contributed". (and re this, http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=04-01-2016#1360176 is apropos.) in this sense the economic freestanding value of their "contributions" is null.
Sun Jan 10 05:31:45 UTC 2016 <saifedean> the most amusingly funny aspect of this is that you folk sound exactly like my economist colleagues dismissing bitcoin... you don't know anything about it, but you can make up enough strawmen and groupthink to feel better about dismissing it
Sun Jan 10 04:10:33 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> and yes i talk to economists. as it happens the brightest mind in banking alive today is from my old country.
Sun Jan 10 04:09:26 UTC 2016 <saifedean> do you also talk to an economist phd to get your perspective on Bitcoin?
Sun Jan 10 04:01:36 UTC 2016 <saifedean> but the interventionist bezzle logic we have all come to know and love from economics is applied with vigor at birth, producing mentally, physically and emotionally stunted idiots ready for the modern world's demands
Sat Jan 09 12:44:34 UTC 2016 <assbot> Logged on 09-01-2016 05:46:31; ben_vulpes: solution imho is to make not mining these transactions economically suicidal
Sat Jan 09 05:46:31 UTC 2016 <ben_vulpes> solution imho is to make not mining these transactions economically suicidal
Fri Jan 08 23:52:11 UTC 2016 <assbot> Economic Inequality ... ( http://bit.ly/1POs82q )
Wed Jan 06 23:08:41 UTC 2016 <assbot> Dim Sums: Rural China Economics and Policy: China Pushes Reform, Puzzles Over Grain Glut ... ( http://bit.ly/1Rja4ky )
Wed Jan 06 00:50:39 UTC 2016 <assbot> Logged on 06-01-2016 00:10:26; punkman: "If this goes on any longer, it will have an even greater impact on our tourism and local economy" lol
Wed Jan 06 00:10:26 UTC 2016 <punkman> "If this goes on any longer, it will have an even greater impact on our tourism and local economy" lol
Mon Jan 04 16:48:27 UTC 2016 <copypaste> and "nobody" does do it because apple both makes it difficult and it makes no economic sense, an iphone is essentially a rasberry pi with a screen and so on - small computers have their uses
Mon Jan 04 15:08:28 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> in economic terms, approach B is A LOT more resource thirsty. from a planning perspective, the world is undeniably going into a resource-scarce phase.
Mon Jan 04 15:02:47 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> not anymore than the soviets actually wanted to marry to the hitler-era notions of economic activity and growth
Sun Jan 03 16:26:41 UTC 2016 <assbot> Logged on 03-01-2016 11:03:38; punkman: and in other nyooz, "Switzerland, in an effort to combat tax evasion and money laundering activities, has agreed to a deal with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreeing to exchange data with 60 other countries that will effectively end its banking secrecy."
Sun Jan 03 11:03:38 UTC 2016 <punkman> and in other nyooz, "Switzerland, in an effort to combat tax evasion and money laundering activities, has agreed to a deal with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreeing to exchange data with 60 other countries that will effectively end its banking secrecy."
Sun Jan 03 02:04:07 UTC 2016 <pete_dushenski> http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/if-you-think-groceries-are-expensive-now-brace-for-more-sticker-shock-in-2016 << or how canadian's justify getting poorer and poorer
Sat Jan 02 15:39:59 UTC 2016 <assbot> [ANN] Spells of Genesis - Innovating the Game Economy with BitCrystals (BCY) ... ( http://bit.ly/1NXq5II )
Sat Jan 02 02:47:17 UTC 2016 <lobito> "Marx's work in economics laid the basis for much of the current understanding of labour and its relation to capital, and subsequent economic thought."