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Economics / capitalism, democracy, Keynes, knowledge, technology /

Regime Change — Technology Style

May 5, 2021

I have mentioned many times here that one of the ways in which economics has ventured astray is in its selection of capital and labor as the core constituents of production. These are, to me, political and not economic quantities. They are, at best, an approximation of reality and the farther we venture from the […]

Commentary, Economics / capitalism, democracy, innovation, technology /

The Technological Bright Blue Yonder?

April 19, 2021

One of the greatest shifts subsequent to the rise of machinery and industrialization is the social acceptance of apparently never-ending technological change. A change, moreover, that we are told will inevitably lead us all towards an improved, more prosperous, healthier, and happier existence. That this future cannot be precisely determined or known to us is […]

Commentary, Economics / capitalism, David Ricardo, democracy, machinery question, technology, unemployment, workplace /

Chapter Thirty-One

April 16, 2021

There’s a story about Richard Feynman who is reputed to have said that anyone who claims to understand quantum physics almost certainly does not. This coming from someone who almost certainly did. I have much the same reaction to anyone who claims to have understood Ricardo on their first read through his work. Then again, […]

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