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Wed Apr 02 12:15:45 UTC 2014 <wywialm> in a well-developed economy capital requrements are much less significant barrier, for example
Wed Apr 02 12:07:12 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> there does in fact exist *an* economical reason for things to play out that way.
Wed Apr 02 12:07:00 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> yes, but as a model, this is the economical reason you were asking for earlier.
Wed Apr 02 12:06:39 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> and moreover, the entire point of the economy is to close the zero-infinity price window as soon as possible.
Wed Apr 02 12:02:12 UTC 2014 <wywialm> and regarding emergency medicine: i agree with mircea_popescu, adding that the most probable explanation for this are large economies of scale and perhaps public good as well
Wed Apr 02 11:58:53 UTC 2014 <wywialm> bounce: i can't see any economic justification for things turning that way. The evolution of PT in Poland is a direct proof to the contrary - a few efficient contractors in the bigger cities and between them, successfully coping with ever-increasing regulation
Wed Apr 02 11:57:30 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> this is pretty much how the guilds ran things, back when european economy actually worked. it's how romania runs emergency medicine, thge guy's name is raed arafat.
Wed Apr 02 11:51:45 UTC 2014 <bounce> well, you know. there's things that look like economics but are more important in other respects, and so the state might well step in and run the show.
Wed Apr 02 11:49:26 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> the state has absolutely no business in economy at all.
Wed Apr 02 11:48:52 UTC 2014 <wywialm> you're very right on the govt contracts stuff, but i suppose the regulatory burden is much heavier for the economy than plain old fiscal intervention
Wed Apr 02 11:37:49 UTC 2014 <wywialm> mircea_popescu: isn't it socialism and not keynesianism? afaik keynesianism is "the state is THE key economic driver of innovation, prosperity and social mobility" but only when there are aggregate demand defficiencies
Wed Apr 02 11:34:48 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> austrian school holds exactly the opposite to be true. back when the us-uk alliance consisted of reagan and thatcher, the exact opposite was widely held in... amusinglyt.... the same economist circles.
Wed Apr 02 11:33:04 UTC 2014 <bounce> ``Now, whilst some might welcome the reduction in the state caused by a loss of taxation, the state is THE key economic driver of innovation, prosperity and social mobility.'' -- this widely accepted in economists' circles?
Tue Apr 01 13:57:48 UTC 2014 <ThickAsThieves> i assume it's to promote longer terms of invetsment, but is that to benefit the dollar itself, or to promote longer-term invetsments in the economy of the country?
Tue Apr 01 03:39:49 UTC 2014 <decimation> ANDREESSEN: One of the characteristics of a new idea is all the experts who came up in the old regime look at it and laugh...Almost exactly 300 years ago, a Scottish economist, ironically, named John Law basically invented at the time this crazy idea of paper currency or fiat currency. ... And every economist on the planet 300 years ago thought that he was a complete lunatic. And so I think this is just the story, the recurring story of how
Tue Apr 01 02:05:36 UTC 2014 <antephialtic> his thoughts: "Now, whilst some might welcome the reduction in the state caused by a loss of taxation, the state is THE key economic driver of innovation, prosperity and social mobility. The laissez faire economic system is an extreme mindset of some of the more ardent supporters of Freidmanism and the Chicago School. There is no basis for assuming a beneficial society can be created without the state and in all likelihood i
Tue Apr 01 02:05:36 UTC 2014 <antephialtic> t'll lead to a future consolidation of wealth, extremely low levels of social mobility and weak economic performance compared to countries that use a more mixed method. From a competition viewpoint this is not a good position."
Mon Mar 31 20:45:16 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> if people's understanding of cuisine are on par with their understanding of basic economy, suddenly food in the us is explained.
Mon Mar 31 19:50:44 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> pLambert his intuition is correct, in that the us has no economy, and no technical ability. cutting the army is like cutting its own throat.
Mon Mar 31 19:46:26 UTC 2014 <Mats_cd03> but they like having american money flowing into local economies