Economics
epub |eng | 2013-07-23 | Author:Skousen, Mark [Skousen, Mark]

The Economist As Investment Advisor “Economics cannot teach you how to get rich.” —Roy J. Ruffin and Paul R. Gregory, Principles of Economics (1988) Economists frequently underestimate the power their ...
( Category: Theory March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2010-10-05 | Author:David Carey & John E. Morris & John Morris [Carey, David & Morris, John E. & Morris, John]

James wasted no time putting his mark on the organization. “He arrived and you knew he was there,” says former Blackstone partner Bret Pearlman. “He didn’t spend six months behind ...
( Category: Private Equity March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-10-16 | Author:Brynjolfsson, Erik & McAfee, Andrew [McAfee, Andrew]

According to the recently updated data from the U.S. Commerce Department, recent corporate profits accounted for 23.8% of total domestic corporate income, a record high share that is more than ...
( Category: Economic Conditions March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-24 | Author:Hoppe, Hans-Hermann [Hoppe, Hans-Hermann]

V. Little of this ever attracts the attention of theoreticians of radical uncertainty. The existence of a practical working technology and of a vast and flourishing insurance industry constitutes an ...
( Category: Anarchism March 3,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-03-15 | Author:Chernow, Ron [Chernow, Ron]

Two weeks later, Lamont followed this up by meeting with Neville Chamberlain, then chancellor of the Exchequer. It was a vintage Lamont performance—tough resolve beneath suave civility. He said Morgans ...
( Category: State & Local March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-09 | Author:The Economist [Economist, The]

Bagehot A wit may also be wise In praise of an unconventional democrat and guardian of the original Bagehot’s memory HIS foes saw only snobbery and a peacock’s weakness for ...
( Category: Theory March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2010-01-03 | Author:Dixit, Avinash K. & Nalebuff, Barry J. [Dixit, Avinash K.]

SCREENING AND SIGNALING You are the chief personnel officer of a company, looking to recruit bright young people who have natural-born talent as managers. Each candidate knows whether he or ...
( Category: Game Theory March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-27 | Author:Tannehill, Morris & Tannehill, Linda [Tannehill, Morris]

__________________ 1The correctional institutions which would develop in a laissez-faire society will be examined in Chapter 10. 9 Dealing With Coercion Throughout history, the means of dealing with aggression (crime) ...
( Category: Theory March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Hayek, Friedrich A. von

THE SENSORY ORDER show even in outline how such a state of need, which at first may produce merely an aimless increase of motor activity, may become directed towards the ...
( Category: Physiological Aspects March 3,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2013-07-11 | Author:Epstein, Alex J. & Dennis, Eric M. [Epstein, Alex J.]

CHAPTER 9: THE “RENEWABLE ENERGY” FALLACY The notion of “renewable energy” has two fundamental conceptual flaws. It’s not really renewable, and it’s not really energy. “Renewable” in most definitions approximates ...
( Category: Environmental Policy March 3,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1998-01-01 | Author:Niall Ferguson [Ferguson, Niall]

However, when French troops were marching into Belgium to impose terms on the Dutch the following November, it was James’s turn to think twice when the Belgian minister approached him ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 3,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2012-04-19 | Author:Thaler, Sunstein [Thaler, Sunstein]

Document Outline CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: HUMANS AND ECONS 1 Biases and Blunders 2 Resisting Temptation 3 Following the Herd 4 When Do We Need a Nudge? 5 Choice ...
( Category: General March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-25 | Author:Lehrman, Lewis E. [Lehrman, Lewis E.]

From 1792 until 1971, the dollar was defined in law as a specific weight unit of gold (and/or silver). As required by Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 3,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-03-12 | Author:Tomas Sedlacek

5 Descartes the Mechanic The standpoint of economic theory is Cartesian. These are the roots of the homo oeconomicus, as narrow a concept of man as can be imagined . ...
( Category: Macroeconomics March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2008-10-13 | Author:Dilorenzo, Thomas [Dilorenzo, Thomas]

Alexander Hamilton was so eager to centrally plan the entire economy that in his Report on Manufactures he got extremely detailed with his proposals, offering specific examples of how to ...
( Category: United States March 3,2015 )