Economic Theory
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How to Ask for a Raise
If you want to renegotiate and ask for different terms, that should be seen as just doing business. If it works, great. If it does not, you have to choose whether to stay.
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The Economics of Hitchhiking
If you pay attention, you’ll notice a lot of things that “economists in their studies” may not be able to imagine. But they exist. Because people are really good at finding ways to cooperate.
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Economic Freedom and Development in the Real World
As our world continues to develop economically, people’s desire and ability to interfere with the process seem to grow.
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In Defense of Share Buybacks
“The confused objections to share buybacks illustrate the failure to look past the immediate effect and to understand what financial markets do.” ~ Joakim Book
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What Seinfeld Can Teach about Industrial Policy
That Seinfeld was seen by top NBC executives as less-than-promising, only for it to become a multi-billion dollar blockbuster, is a reminder that when it comes to the future of commerce, predictions aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.
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“Price Gouging” in Desperate Situations
It is precisely when people are at genuine risk of actually dying for want of the likes of food, water, and shelter that the case against prohibitions on “price gouging” is strongest.
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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s … the Speculator!
You have heard, no doubt, that we are going to run out of oil. Is there any hope? Can we escape the calamity? Whatever might we hapless citizens do? This sounds like a job for … the Speculator!
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If You Are Early, You Are Wrong
Before a financial meltdown, there is no way to tell with certainty that such a financial meltdown is imminent, even though a lot of pundits and cranks try.
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A Measly Five Bucks to Bust Out of the Ideological Bubble
Apparently nobody, not even the Gray Lady, rigorously fact checks anymore. Or is it that only books reviewed in a few elite outlets count and none happen to critique finance from the non-left? Heck, I can almost hear the editors ask themselves: Only people on the left write the right kind of books, right?
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America Needs You, Don Lavoie
In a world where it sometimes feels like free market advocates are tolerating more intervention in our economy than we would have ever predicted, Lavoie calls upon us never to forget the abiding importance of remaining true to one’s belief in the power and humanity of markets.
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How to Ask for a Raise
If you want to renegotiate and ask for different terms, that should be seen as just doing business. If it works, great. If it does not, you have to choose whether to stay.
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•
The Economics of Hitchhiking
If you pay attention, you’ll notice a lot of things that “economists in their studies” may not be able to imagine. But they exist. Because people are really good at finding ways to cooperate.
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•
Economic Freedom and Development in the Real World
As our world continues to develop economically, people’s desire and ability to interfere with the process seem to grow.
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•
In Defense of Share Buybacks
“The confused objections to share buybacks illustrate the failure to look past the immediate effect and to understand what financial markets do.” ~ Joakim Book
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•
What Seinfeld Can Teach about Industrial Policy
That Seinfeld was seen by top NBC executives as less-than-promising, only for it to become a multi-billion dollar blockbuster, is a reminder that when it comes to the future of commerce, predictions aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.
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•
“Price Gouging” in Desperate Situations
It is precisely when people are at genuine risk of actually dying for want of the likes of food, water, and shelter that the case against prohibitions on “price gouging” is strongest.
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•
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s … the Speculator!
You have heard, no doubt, that we are going to run out of oil. Is there any hope? Can we escape the calamity? Whatever might we hapless citizens do? This sounds like a job for … the Speculator!
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•
If You Are Early, You Are Wrong
Before a financial meltdown, there is no way to tell with certainty that such a financial meltdown is imminent, even though a lot of pundits and cranks try.
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•
A Measly Five Bucks to Bust Out of the Ideological Bubble
Apparently nobody, not even the Gray Lady, rigorously fact checks anymore. Or is it that only books reviewed in a few elite outlets count and none happen to critique finance from the non-left? Heck, I can almost hear the editors ask themselves: Only people on the left write the right kind of books, right?
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•
America Needs You, Don Lavoie
In a world where it sometimes feels like free market advocates are tolerating more intervention in our economy than we would have ever predicted, Lavoie calls upon us never to forget the abiding importance of remaining true to one’s belief in the power and humanity of markets.