economy

Splurging Your Way Out of Recession from IamSpartacus 364 days old

[ ... ] the world economy a 'slow moving cancer' caused by excessive borrowing and a property speculation bubble, and a 'heart attack' brought on by the ...

And and Other Things from IamSpartacus 377 days old

[ ... ] society and economy where you take some money of some richer people, give it to some poorer people, et voila, mission accomplished. Trouble is, ...

US Election from IamSpartacus 389 days old

[ ... ] world the economy is a dynamic system which changes as it is prodded by various government policies, and those changes cause other changes which ...

The Great Depression in Britain from IamSpartacus 410 days old

I saw a loyalist Labour MP on the BBC news channel a few weeks back defending Gordon Brown (no really). I don't recall his name but he looked a little ...

Great Depression and theRigidity of the Price of Labour from IamSpartacus 414 days old

From 'The Economics of Everyday Life' by Gertrude Williams 'When unemployment meant starvation or the workhouse, the trade union secretary realized ...

Elizabeth I from IamSpartacus 443 days old

Queen Elizabeth I's dying words are reputed to be 'All my possessions for one moment of time'. Famous last words in most cases should be taken with a ...

Some Comments on Currency Devaluation from IamSpartacus 489 days old

Edward I reigned from 1272 to 1307, and Robert the Bruce was King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329. Adfam Smith wrote 'The Wealth of Nations' in the 1770's, ...

Adam Smith on Devaluation of Currencies from IamSpartacus 492 days old

The English pound sterling, in the time of Edward I. contained a pound, Tower weight, of silver of a known fineness. The Tower pound seems to have been ...