... Hi Ladybug As I am a little pushed for time, what i thought I might do is post here my response to your lastest contribution the over on the SPGB forum....
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ladybugbug1984
Jan 25, 2012 12:16 am
(Hey! :) I posted this already on the WSM forum and I have a feeling there is overlap between that forum and this group, but I'm still going to post this...
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Bob Howes (vegan)
robertcircle1
Jan 8, 2012 11:02 am
We need a really well written piece that utterly destroys the ECA in as few words as possible. I don't even understand the ECA properly. Who here has studied...
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Iain McKay
iain.mckay
Jan 4, 2012 8:53 am
Self-correcting is too strong a word for this, as that implies a return to equilibrium. In reality, you would get a process of slumps and booms -- with some...
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Bob Howes (vegan)
robertcircle1
Jan 3, 2012 2:34 pm
The market is self correcting but very wasteful. In a co-operative world all those involved in a particular branch of industry would share their knowledge and...
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Bob Howes (vegan)
robertcircle1
Jan 3, 2012 2:18 pm
Robin, I am struggling to get my head around this quote. I only read vols one and two, so I never read this in context. I think I understand it but I'll need...
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Lorraine Lee
n8chz
Nov 7, 2011 7:42 pm
I see human progress embedded more in technology than in economics. While technology becomes more sophisticated with time, economics seems to be the domain...
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robbo203
Nov 7, 2011 7:34 pm
Hi all Someone on one of the lists Im on has brought this quote from Marx to my attention . Its from Capital vol 111. I think its relevant to the economic...
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JAMES NORTH
jamesnorth27...
Nov 7, 2011 10:17 am
Hi Robin, I know what you mean. It seems that the term *self* correcting is misleading. It is true that the market corrects through failure. Bankruptcies,...
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Lorraine Lee
n8chz
Nov 6, 2011 11:39 pm
jamesnorth279@...: ... Brealy and Myers teach us that "a project isn't a black box," but I would say it is if it's someone else's project. ...
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robbo203
Nov 6, 2011 11:17 pm
Hi Jim I dont doubt that individual firms can learn from the mistakes of other firms and prosper with the benefit of hindsight. But my point is somewhat...
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JAMES NORTH
jamesnorth27...
Nov 6, 2011 2:06 pm
Hi Robin,  There are a lot of possible meanings in this short piece aren't there.  Companies going bust. You could start with the assumption that a...
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Lorraine Lee
n8chz
Nov 5, 2011 3:39 pm
robbo203@... ... And if there is a next time, remember that bankruptcy law itself is a form of subsidy, and not at all a feature of the...
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JAMES
jamesnorth27...
Nov 5, 2011 1:56 pm
Hi Robin, The bottom five or six have a pdf that you can click on after clicking on the link. And one of the others I think. As for the others, mostly the more...
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robbo203
Nov 5, 2011 12:25 pm
Hi all On the links page there are a few juicy-looking articles by Dan Greenwood I came across. I tried opening one of these but was denied access - except...
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robbo203
Nov 5, 2011 2:13 am
Hi all Ive been reading some stuff by Boettke lately - in particular his article "Economic calculation The Austrian contribution to political economy"....
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JAMES
jamesnorth27...
Oct 24, 2011 1:40 pm
I agree that it is about time. Has anyone noticed that, now workers are beginning to express dissatisfaction with capitalism in a bigger way, the von Mises...
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Lorraine Lee
n8chz
Oct 19, 2011 3:57 am
De :Iain McKay <iain.mckay@...> À :"ecaworkinggroup@yahoogroups.com" <ecaworkinggroup@yahoogroups.com> Envoyé le :Mardi 18 Octobre 2011 8h49 ...
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Iain McKay
iain.mckay
Oct 18, 2011 12:49 pm
that discussion is well worth reading. btw, maybe time to get the project on track again? ________________________________ From: JAMES...
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JAMES
jamesnorth27...
Oct 18, 2011 10:47 am
I thought I'd draw your attention to this post about David Graeber on the Neuroanthropology blogsite: ...
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Iain McKay
iain.mckay
Feb 14, 2011 8:30 pm
Hello all I'm discussing Parecon here: http://anarchism.pageabode.com/anarcho/a-few-thoughts-on-anarchist-economics It basically involves detailed planning on...
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Lorraine Lee
n8chz
Feb 13, 2011 8:09 pm
... Ive been having this debate with a guy called syndicat on the Revleft site...
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robbo203
Feb 13, 2011 8:11 am
Hi all Ive been having this debate with a guy called syndicat on the Revleft site...
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Lorraine Lee
n8chz
Jan 7, 2011 12:38 am
... Sadly, so far I have not found a non-technical explanation. Hopefully we can make sense of some of what I have found. From "Complex preferences for answer...
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robbo203
Jan 6, 2011 10:25 pm
... Hi Lorraine, Im not quite sure what you mean by the above. Could you possibly explain it in layman's terms - such things as PDLs for example Cheers Robin...
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Lorraine Lee
n8chz
Jan 6, 2011 8:57 pm
... I came across this link today which discusses Linear Programming: http://robertvienneau.blogspot.com/2011/01/increase-in-feasibility-of-economic.html The...
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robbo203
Jan 6, 2011 7:05 pm
Hi Iain Thanks for that interesting link. I noted your observations in the comments section and endorse what you say. In particular this "It is not just about...
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Iain McKay
iain.mckay
Jan 6, 2011 9:03 am
Hello all Happy New Year! Did not do anything on the wiki over the festive period, but its on my list of things to work on... I came across this link today...
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robbo203
Dec 21, 2010 4:55 pm
Ill second that and yes Iain I certainly have no problems with a cut and paste job to get the ball rolling Cheers Robin...
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JAMES NORTH
jamesnorth27...
Dec 21, 2010 11:12 am
Hi Iain, Libertarian communism sounds good to me. Jim ________________________________ From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay@...> To:...
