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The Economics of Vice and Virtue
The Rational Bully You are big, tough, and, like most people, fond of having your own way. You make it clear to all and sundry that you don’t like…
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Temperature, Mortality and Climate Change
Antonio Gasparini et. al. 2015 is an article in Lancet estimating global mortality from heat and cold, using an elaborate statistical process applied to…
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Technology and Courtship
A recent piece in the Babylon Bee described a Tradwife as a newly invented product and considered the advantages and disadvantages of buying one: Pro…
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Why Do We Give Gifts?
My previous two posts were on gifting as a substitute for sale. This one is on gifts given without the expectation of a gift in return. Economists find…
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One solution to the Gift Economy Puzzle
Courtesy of Iomedae
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Gift Economies
About twenty years ago I was on a panel at a science fiction convention. The title was "Economics, SF's Weak Spot: So many SF worlds, only two main…
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Anarchy vs Minarchy: Two One-Sided Exchanges
My Response to David Osterfeld The limited-government libertarian, however, maintains that the libertarian anarchist has placed himself in a dilemma…
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