Saturday, September 16, 2006
class syllabus
textbook web site
why major in economics?
study tips
the birth of complexity theory
why popcorn cost so much at the movies
economics in one lesson
poverty is miraculous
I, Pencil
invisible hand
the ultimate resource
washington stock exchange
a model to destroy a city
pin factory 101
why does this happen?
case studies on the minimum wage
herman warden lay
why college costs so much
Cold War Cartoon
Mises Institute
Foundation for Economic Education
Visit Cafe Hayek
The Dismal Scientist
The Acton Institute
The Competitive Enterprise Institute
The Political Economy Research Center
Gas Buddy
Zillow
Socialist Orthodoxy Still Lives (on the web)
Radio Economics
Hugh of St. Victor (1096-1141): "The pursuit of commerce reconciles nations, calms wars,
strengthens peace, and commutes the private good of individuals into the common benefit of all."
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): "It is lawful for man to possess property. Human affairs are
conducted in more orderly fashion if each man is charged with taking care of some particular thing himself,
whereas there would be confusion if everyone had to look after any one thing indeterminately."
Friedrich Hayek (1900-1992): "It may sound noble to say, 'Damn economics, let us build up a
decent world'--but it is, in fact, merely irresponsible. With our world as it is, with everyone convinced
that the material conditions here or there must be improved, our only chance of building a decent world is
that we can continue to improve the general level of wealth."
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790): "To lay duties on a commodity exported, which our neighbors want,
is a knavish attempt to get something for nothing. The statesman who first invented it had the genius of a
pickpocket, and would have been a pickpocket if fortune had suitably placed him. The nations who have
practiced it have suffered fourfold, as pickpockets ought to suffer."
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