Showing posts with label human capital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human capital. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Natural Disasters: Loss of life means reduced economic growth

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At the Mises Institute, Professor Frank Hollenbeck makes a splendid case against the "broken window fallacy" or why “ Natural Dis...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

Video: Ashton Kutcher Gives Good Advice

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It's rare to see celebrities offer profound insights. But American actor Ashton Kutcher seems an exception, as shown by his talk at the...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Markets in Everything: Solar Impulse, the Fuel Less Plane

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Speaking of the gush of technological advancements from the deepening of the information age, here is another: the advent of fuel less sola...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Quote of the Day: The Benefits of Population Growth

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The benefits of population growth come from the fact that the more people there are in the world, the more people you have to interact wit...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Quote of the Day: Greatest Costs of Declining Fertility Are Missed Opportunities

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Because the greatest costs of declining fertility aren't visible disasters, but missed opportunities .  The millions and billions of p...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

Why the Neo-Malthusian Premise of “Peak Resources” are Misguided

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Writing at the Daily Reckoning , Chris Mayer, managing editor for several newsletters has a rejoinder to neo-Malthusians led by GMO’s Jerem...
Sunday, November 25, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Ultimate Resource is the Human Mind

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It bears repeating – and repeatedly repeating – that there is no such thing as a truly natural resource. All resources that have market v...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Fallacy of Redistribution

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Those who talk glibly about redistribution often act as if people are just inert objects that can be placed here and there, like pieces on...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Natural-Shale Gas Revolution Spreads to Israel

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The natural-shale gas boom spreads to Israel. Reports the Financial Times (hat tip Carpe Diem’s Professor Mark Perry ) With reserves...
Saturday, July 21, 2012

15-Year Old Wonderkid Dramatically Improves Pancreatic Cancer Tests

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Talk about the magnificence of human capital . From Make : (hat tip Professor Mark Perry) [bold mine] Maryland young maker Jack Andra...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

17 Reasons to be a Rational Optimist

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My favorite science and environmental columnist and author of the must read Rational Optimist , the eminent Matthew Ridley propounds 17 rea...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

Video: Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future

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Peter Diamandis, Founder and Chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation , an educational non-profit prize institute whose mission is to create radic...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Revolutionary 3D Printing Technology: Jawbone Replacement

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The speed of technological advances is just amazing and 3D printing technology seems to be showing the way. From Discoverynews.com (hat t...
Friday, February 03, 2012

Quote of the Day: Importance of Human Capital

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How important is this human capital? According to recent estimates, the stock of human capital is over $750 trillion. According to a rese...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

My Prayer to the Lord on Krugman’s Wish for More Destruction

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[ IMPORTANT UPDATE : The Krugman google+ quote below is an admitted forgery . Although Mr. Krugman could have said this in different ways. F...
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