Price controls
In the previous episode we talked about prohibition. Although we started with the example of an autistic intervention in the form of a ban on possessing [...]
How to Buy Gold and Silver | Practical Guide
What are the purposes of buying gold and silver? First of all, to keep purchasing power in the long [...]
What’s the difference between invention and innovation?
Have you ever heard about the dispute of two Steves who created an apple? Of course, it is about the disagreements [...]
Types of interventions and the effects of prohibition
Today, let's discuss the types of market intervention and, using an example, the effects of one of its types. [...]
Capitalism, Socialism, Interventionism
To understand the effects of interventionism and find out what it is, we have to state what capitalism and socialism in economic terms are, because they [...]
Climate Change from the Economic Point of View
Everyday we hear chilling stories about climate change in the media: In a dozen years or so humanity will certainly die out, forests will burn or [...]
Automation: chance or threat?
Less than two years before Stephen Hawking’s death in December 2016, the renowned physicist has warned in The Guardian that the automation and artificial intelligence was [...]
Was Tulipmania the Madness of Crowds?
The Seventeenth century was the golden age for the Netherlands. Trade, industry, science, and art were all blooming. Some of the reasons for this development were [...]
Capitalism – The Unknown Ideal?
We start by addressing an important question: What is politics? There are numerous definitions. One encyclopedic definition states: "According to political philosophy politics is a strife [...]
Investment Risk and Its Types
In the simplest of terms, the “investment risk,” is a possibility of an investment bringing a result other than anticipated.1 You may lose some or all [...]