Tag Archives: Economics

Foundations of Logic – Welfare everywhere

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

Foundations of Logic – Welfare Welfare Everywhere Frank Lovell said “Welfare Welfare Everywhere”…until OPM [Other People’s Money] runs out. There are occasionally some Free Lunches, but there are no Free Lunches as a sustainable Way Of Life. Nope, uh-uh, none, … Continue reading →

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Foundations of logic – Liberalism failed?

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

Foundations of Logic – Liberalism has failed — not because it fell short, but because it was true to itself. All “isms” seem to be oversimplifications of an extremely complex (and exponentially getting more complex) reality. Anyone who has worked … Continue reading →

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Quora – AI and the economy

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

To what extent could artificial intelligence expand the economy? Depends what you mean by economy. Depends how long you want to survive. If you mean a market based economy, where people trade things, then it is a very debatable question. … Continue reading →

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Quora – greatest danger to the world

Posted on January 31, 2019 by

Quora – What is the greatest danger to the entire world today? Our unexamined assumptions and oversimplifications that we accept as truths, rather than seeing them as contextually useful approximations. Arthur C Clarke once said “Any sufficiently advanced technology is … Continue reading →

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Merry Xmas

Posted on December 25, 2018 by

Christmas morning here in Kaikoura. It is thick drizzly fog outside. Ailsa, Jewelia, Huia and I are warm enough inside. Presents have been exchanged, and we are all doing our own things, each plugged into the internet in different ways. … Continue reading →

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Evonomics – Wealth power productivity

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

Why Wealth Is Determined More by Power Than Productivity Everything in this article is true enough, in a sense, yet not sufficient to understand the existential level dangers present in our current economic and political systems. To begin to see … Continue reading →

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Quora – Is the Theory of Perfect market right or not?

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

Is the Theory of Perfect market right or not? No – it is wrong. Markets are only good measures of values that are scarce, and cannot measure values that are abundant. The is no market value for the air we … Continue reading →

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