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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. October 19, 2014. Feeling a little ambitious? Be careful what you wish for. May 8, 2014. Ambition: not to be clowned around with. Here’s a truly sobering passage from the pages of Smith’s. Theory of Moral Sentiments. Ambition – or at least an ambition which has run its course – is painted as a kind of living death, and echoes those famous lines from Hamlet: “. The dread of something after death, t. There seems to be o...
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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Category Archives: Book Reviews. The Strange and Wonderful World of Mark Miodownik. October 18, 2014. Book Review: Mark Miodownik, Stuff Matters. Not quite. Welcome to the weird world of aerogel, the world’s lightest substance (it is 98% air). Picture is of Peter Tsou with a sample of aerogel at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. It’s hard to remember a book which I have enjoyed r...
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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. The Party’s Over: what next for Greece and the Euro? July 7, 2015. The best way to deal with the Euro? The European Project was built from noble and well-intentioned stuff. A common market which would promote the free movement of people and goods, improve cooperation and understanding, and in turn help build barriers to future conflict. Who wouldn’t want to buy into that? So what to do? The World is Getting More Free.
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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Trade and the Zero-Sum Fallacy. Economics is Fun Series – Part 4 – Trade. Another great video from the Adam Smith Institute. This week Madsen Pirie looks at trade and also dispatches the zero-sum fallacy (the “big cake” argument which says that trade must leave someone worse off). He also recommends a way to make poorer nations richer – “buy their stuff”! Watch the previous episode on specialisation. April 29, 2013.
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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. The Party’s Over: what next for Greece and the Euro? July 7, 2015. The best way to deal with the Euro? The European Project was built from noble and well-intentioned stuff. A common market which would promote the free movement of people and goods, improve cooperation and understanding, and in turn help build barriers to future conflict. Who wouldn’t want to buy into that? So what to do? The Origins of Legalese? Here’s...
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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. The Party’s Over: what next for Greece and the Euro? July 7, 2015. The best way to deal with the Euro? The European Project was built from noble and well-intentioned stuff. A common market which would promote the free movement of people and goods, improve cooperation and understanding, and in turn help build barriers to future conflict. Who wouldn’t want to buy into that? So what to do? April 11, 2013. Here on what Ma...
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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. The Party’s Over: what next for Greece and the Euro? July 7, 2015. The best way to deal with the Euro? The European Project was built from noble and well-intentioned stuff. A common market which would promote the free movement of people and goods, improve cooperation and understanding, and in turn help build barriers to future conflict. Who wouldn’t want to buy into that? So what to do? Follow Blog via Email. On the T...
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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Tag Archives: Groucho Marx. October 19, 2014. A most opulent blog" - Adam Smith. Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 854 other followers. The Party’s Over: what next for Greece and the Euro? The Strange and Wonderful World of Mark Miodownik. Feeling a little ambitious? Be careful what you wish for. The Science of Super Powers.
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This pessimism will not stand, man. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. The Rise of the South. May 31, 2013. We are looking at a future with fewer poor people, a growing middle class, and more children getting an education, all of which is due to the continued rise of “the south” – this according to the latest Human Development Report. Global Growth of Middle Class. Rise of the south. The World is Getting More Free. May 31, 2013. By David Kramer on the World Freedom Report. There are 47 c...
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