Merynstol's Favorite Links on economics from Diigo

Money Versus Wealth, David Korten, Issue # 2

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:46:52 -0000

According to the official wisdom, even though richer, we can no longer afford what we once took for granted. How is this possible? What's gone wrong?

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Reality Sandwich | The End of Money?

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:35:02 -0000

Our basic financial system in itself creates artificial scarcity, and induces competition and sociopathic behavior patterns that lead inexorably to disregard of the environment and mistreatment of others.

Tags: 2008 capitalism economics essay future

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The end of management

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:54:47 -0000

Economic relations determine the social structures, that organisations exist to exploit the employer/employee relationship. [...] Changes in communications, no matter how promising are secondary to this.

Tags: 2008 article business economics future

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Stolper-Samuelson theorem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:19:37 -0000

A rise in the relative price of a good will lead to a rise in the return to that factor which is used most intensively in the production of the good, and conversely, to a fall in the return to the other factor.

Tags: economics reference samuelson stolper theorem

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Dani Rodrik's weblog: Deconstructing economists' take on free trade

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:05:00 -0000

instead of sticking to what they are good at--analyzing trade-offs-- [in the case of free-trade] economists typically engage in amateur normative political theorizing about what is good for society.

Tags: 2008 article economics globalization politics

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Why Eating a Big Mac is Cheaper than Eating a Salad » Celsias

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:05:42 -0000

Almost 75% of U.S. government subsidies go into meat and dairy production, but less than half a per cent goes into fruit and vegetable production. Talk about an upside down world!

Tags: 2008 agriculture article economics food

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Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Dethroning King Coal

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:34:51 -0000

It’s economics, as much as—if not more than–environmentalism, that’s helping to shift investment away from coal.

Tags: 2008 article coal economics energy

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Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Polysilicon Bonanza: Rising Supplies, Sinking Prices

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:05:37 -0000

Global polysilicon production is expected to double over the next two years. That should bring some sanity to the market – and cut into the enormous profit growth seen by polysilicon producers over the past two years.

Tags: 2008 article economics energy silicon

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WorldChanging: Book review: “The Bottom Billion” by Paul Collier

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:30:10 -0000

While Collier’s work is significantly more nuanced than most popular books on development economics, he’s not exactly shy or soft-spoken.

Tags: 2008 bookreview collier economics poverty

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Social capital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:42:44 -0000

Social capital, referring to connections within and between social networks, is a core concept in business, economics, organizational behaviour, political science, public health, sociology and natural resources management.

Tags: economics socialcapital sociology term

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A Theory of Trust

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:01:42 -0000

The purpose of this theory sketch is to show the causes of the level of economic corporate development of a society using the theory as set out by Fukuyama in his book.

Tags: 1998 business capitalism co-determination competition

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Covey on Trust > Trusted Advisor Associates > Trust Matters

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:16:44 -0000

[Covey] makes a case that business hasn’t heard often enough: trust pays off, not just in some mufty-flufty New Age calculus (though that's true too), but as well in the conventional, traditional business language of ROI, efficiency and effectiveness.

Tags: 2008 bookreview business covey economics

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Biz Bytes : How Stephen Covey Taught Me to Trust

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:45:52 -0000

Trust in the business world is not a “soft skill.” It is a hard-edged economic driver with very real financial implications. When trust is in decline, so is productivity. He calls this theory the economics of trust.

Tags: 2006 article business covey economics

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Income and Happiness: An Imperfect Link - New York Times

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:02:43 -0000

Mounting evidence suggests, however, that per-capita income is a less reliable measure of well-being when income inequality has been rising rapidly, as it has in recent decades.

Tags: 2008 article economics frank happiness

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Bloggingheads.tv - diavlogs

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:53:36 -0000

Tags: 2008 capitalism economics video

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BGSL 2008-2010: Rethinking The Economic Institutions of Hypercapitalism - Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:36:09 -0000

The firm - the corporation, as the fundamental institution of production - is deeply and irrevocably broken. It's DNA is in shock. The corporation we've created is a monster; a form of organization growing more pathological by the day.

Tags: 2008 article business capitalism economics

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Beyond Greed and Scarcity by Bernard Lietaer - alternative monetary systems

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:31:57 -0000

YES!editor Sarah van Gelder talked to Bernard about the possibilities for a new kind of currency better suited to building community and sustainability.

Tags: 1997 economics interview lietaer money

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Bernard Lietaer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:28:48 -0000

Bernard Lietaer is an economist and author. He studies monetary systems and promotes the idea that communities can benefit from creating their own local or Complementary currency, which circulate parallel with national currencies.

Tags: economics lietaer money reference wealth

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Transaction Net: The Future of Money by Bernard Lietaer

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:25:42 -0000

Now more than ever it has become possible to address some of the most critical issues of our times, such as enabling more meaningful work, fostering cooperation and community, even realigning long-term sustainability with financial interests.

Tags: 2001 book economics finance lietaer

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frontline: high stakes in cyberspace: Stewart Brand | PBS

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:12:51 -0000

Brand is the founder of the WELL, a popular online service in San Francisco, and a pioneer of the electronic frontier.

Tags: 1995 brand economics generosity gift-economy

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