SimoleonSense (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gavin Kennedy has linked to an interesting review of Adam Smith’s life… enjoy! Click Here To Read: The Very Best Short Summary of Adam Smith’s Life and Work Introduction (Via Adam Smith Lost Legacy) Chris Berry, Professor of Political Theory at University of Glasgow is a leading expert on the life and work of one of the University [...]
Adam Smith's Lost Legacy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jonathan Schwarz writes in “A Tiny Revolution” ( HERE ) “ Once Again Adam Smith Betrays the Principles of Adam Smith ” “ Several finance professionals just co-wrote a column for the New York Times saying this: American workers are overpaid, relative to equally productive employees elsewhere doing the same work. If the global economy is to get into balance, that gap must...
Dollars & Sense blog (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The BBC radio program Business Daily had a good segment on the future of economics, with good discussions of Keynesianism and behavioral economics (though not quite enough on heterodox approaches). The main off note (to my mind) was the bit with Michael Sandel, with his emphasis on the "normative" foundations of economics. I don't think economics needs to rediscover its ethical foundations...
EconomicPolicyJournal.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
During a Reason TV interview Whole Foods entrepreneur John Mackey, when asked to list his libertarian influences, includes Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Friedrich Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises.Interviewer Gillespie then asks, “How did you come across Mises? Because he’s, even today, among a lot of libertarians, he’s fairly obscure. Do you remember how you kind of stumbled across him'Mackey:...
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Torquay United have brought in Spurs full-back Adam Smith, BBC Radio Devon reports . read more
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tottenham defender Adam Smith has signed with Torquay United. Smith has joined Torquay United on loan until January. read more
Government Bytes (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Thank you to the 183 Republicans and Democrats who voted against H.R. 3961, the so-called “Doc Fix” legislation. As many of you know, we had grave concerns with this legislation. Our concerns did not necessarily stem from the underlying policy, but rather the partisan political tactic being played. H.R. 3961 was an underhanded attempt to deceive taxpayers and artificially deflate the cost...
Pensacola Beach Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Republican Governor of Florida is in deep political trouble. He's the latest target of the tea bagger crazies. Or, as the Urban Dictionary now has it, he's being scozzafavaed. According to recent polling, right-winger Mario Rubio is on track to defeat Charlie Crist in next year's Republican primary for the U.S. Senate nomination. The really bad news for Crist is, "The crazier the Republican,...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
July 30, 1965, LBJ signs Medicare bill, Truman looks on, Republicans start plotting how to kill the program Yesterday the House voted 243-183 , only one Republican, Michael Burgess (R-TX) joining the Democrats, to pass John Dingell's Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 3961). The bill will "revise the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment system for determining the annual...
Adam Smith's Lost Legacy (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Five Topics 1 First of three moves today ( Move 1 ): Transferring basics and temporary office to my daughter's today and tomorrow (may work on-line between old home and my daughter's for a week or two). Hence, very busy with 1st move boxes and some furniture. 2 From the above event there may well be interruptions to Lost Legacy - please have patience. Move 2 is when our old house is cleared into temporary...
FLA Politics - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Our digest of, and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Crist in "free-fall" Adam Smith: "Crist, 53, is in a free-fall among likely Republican voters, say Crist supporters and detractors alike, while Rubio's trajectory is heading straight up. Crist's credibility among hard-core Republicans is practically gone, they claim, while the contest's ever-growing...
Kruse Kronicle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
University of Glasgow: Adam Smith in 10 Minutes (Gavin Kennedy of Adam Smith's Lost Legacy gives the video clip high praise.) Chris Berry, Professor of Political Theory at University of Glasgow is a leading expert on the life and work...
Be the Change...... (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Hail Adam Smith!! Market economy is moving from cosmetics and cars to primary education and health. To tap the huge potential in the primary education market in India, many private investors are flocking in India with their so called “generous” money and pumping it into very safe and sound middle income and low-middle income class private schools in India. To glorify their investment they...
Adam Smith's Lost Legacy (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Ben Stein writes on “Four lessons from the recession” in (19 November) in Fortune HERE which includes this observation: “ And another little note ... my much-missed father used to tell me with great approval Adam Smith's famous quote regarding prophecies of doom for America, "there is a lot of ruin in a nation ." Comment Another example of a famous quotation from Adam Smith...
Bus Chick, Transit Authority (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
1) Another car-free parent, Jeremy Adam Smith in San Francisco, shares his reasons for riding (and walking) with his son (via: Carfree with Kids):
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abonty123 | 08/26/2009
English Carling Cup [Round 2] Time:19:45 UK Stadium :Keepmoat Doncaster Rovers vs Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur playmaker Luka Modric claims he has not entertained the prospect of joining Manchester United despite reports linking him with a move to the Premier League champions Date Player In Team Fee Aug 6 Sebastien Bassong Newcastle United Undisclosed Story Date Player Out Team Fee Aug 19 Yuri
obi jo | 07/08/2009
http://realhealthreform.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/senate-mulls-taxing-alcohol-sugary-drinks-to-pay-for-healthcare/ “Sugar, rum and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which are become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation.” — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations , 1776 Well, we can assume that since the father of
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