Economics
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At the heart of it, organisations themselves, be they in the public or private sector, are not innately greedy, or jealous, or wasteful. It is the individuals running these organisations who make them that way.
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Many people find the working of the banking system confusing, and in this time of financial crisis, it's more important than ever to understand why the modern financial system has evolved the way it has.
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Individual enterprise can only flourish when the government refuses to directly intervene in economic decision-making.
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Too often we fall into the trap of taxing who has the most money. Whenever possible, tax policy should look to discouraging harmful economic activities and encouraging positive ones, which is why the best solutions are not always the obvious ones.
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Protectionism is in vogue again. However, the preponderance of evidence comes down firmly on the side of free trade. Both from a theoretical and factual standpoint, you cannot justify protectionist policies on the grounds of economic development.
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As an academic subject, economics does not have very much to do with business. Economics is a study of human behaviour, not business issues alone.
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An economist has argued that helping those unemployed because of free trade is ridiculous since we do not help those unemployed because of the domestic market. He is more correct than he thinks.
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You can't label or stereotype inflation. Sometimes it is good, sometimes it is bad. If you would like to state unequivocally that inflation is bad, you can go back to the Stone Age, but the rest of us will enjoy the benefits associated with it.
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If what we want is to guarantee people a certain minimum income, a minimum wage is a hell of a poor way to go about doing it.
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Economics is often maligned for its reliance on assumptions, but the only way to study a complicated system like the economy is to break it down into smaller parts — something which cries out for making certain assumptions.
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Sanctions work only when the people of the target country know what they're missing out on.
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Should governments be hiring mercenaries? At least for the US in Iraq, the answer seems to be no — but the US has no choice.
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Has the Mac overtaken the Windows computer in terms of performance and functionality?
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Political science fails the basic test of science: producing and testing hypotheses, and then using them to predict future outcomes.
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Dartmouth College's unique governance system of checks and balances has been changed for the worse, but even the original system need to be changed for the better.
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