View chapterExplore book Feminist Philosophy of Economics Kristina Rolin, in Philosophy of Economics, 2012 Conclusion As we have seen feminist philosophy of economics has been inspired by feminist economics and feminist epistemology and philosophy of science. It addresses such questions as what makes an...
View chapterExplore book Web-based experimental economics software: How do they compare to desirable features? Shu WingChan, ...RaymondDa Silva Rosa, inJournal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2019 1Introduction Experimental economicsaddresses economic questions in settings where data are “deliber...
These are tough questions, and I know I’m not the first one to ask them. Researchers must consider the consequences of their findings, and yet, they cannot be held responsible for the actions of others. It’s impossible to know the bad or good that may come from one’s research. The...
Environmentally friendly consumers pay extra for electric cars or solar panels. Technology-loving individuals churn the tech market by purchasing all the latest innovations and gadgets. Pro-immigration folks frequent small businesses and restaurants run by those who have recently arrived in this country....
Read in Laughlin’s Bimetallism, Chapter V., on the gold discoveries; VIII., on production of gold since 1850; and XII., on cause of fall in value of silver. Follow this with the essay in Nicholson’s Money on the “Effects of Great Discoveries of the Precious Metals,” and Chapter ...
Many instructors do not cover these chapter summaries in class. * * * * * QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW 4.The principle that self-interested market participants may unknowingly maximize the welfare of society as a whole 5. The property of society getting the most from its scarce resources * QUESTIONS ...
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Chapter 9 of my Western Mexico, A Traveler’s Treasury (2013) focuses on the “Hacienda Route” to the south and west of Guadalajara, with an itinerary that includes visiting several haciendas within easy reach of the city. Related posts: The number of small farms in Mexico is growing The...
Hazlitt pointed out that Keynes mistakenly thought [in chapter 17] that whatever extra you have to pay because there is risk involved is also interest. Again, it’s not interest, it’s a risk premium. Mises’s basic insight is that interest is what you have to pay because the other guy...
giving rise to economic instability. What Chapter 12ers insist is that this is the real message of Keynes, that all those who have invoked the great man’s name on behalf of quasi-equilibrium models that push this insight into the background, from John Hicks to Paul Samuelson to Mike Woodf...