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Stuey,The Kid, had won approximately $30 million in his lifetime, but died with only $800 in his pocket and the clothes on his back.
Stuey,The Kid, had won approximately $30 million in his lifetime, but died with only $800 in his pocket and the clothes on his back.
Chris Anderson, a well-known business guru in the world of online commerce, imagines a world in which all internet services are free.
Again, this is not just about terminology. It is about the assumptions many people bring to the subject of economics as it affects ethics.
Such is not the stuff of shortages but of market prices coordinating the allocation of scarce resources exceptionally well — and in reality, not just theory.
This is the reason that libertarianism can't really be called a movement, and it's a good thing too. One man tried to buy it, control it, and turn it towards anti-intellectualism for a political purpose.
The real solution for health care insurance is therefore better education, both in terms of the history of governmental intervention in health care markets, and the theoretical concepts of Austrian economics that are indispensable to our understanding of historical facts.
Profit-seeking individuals are constantly searching for the most economic ways to produce goods for consumers, and virtual goods are no exception.
The real economic problem in all this is not whether we will get given commodities or services at given marginal costs but mainly by what commodities and services the needs of the people can be most cheaply satisfied.
Respecting rights is not only moral, but also productive. There is no tradeoff between principles and pragmatism.