Comments on: Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan http://jamescrisp.org/2007/04/03/naked-economics-by-charles-wheelan/ C#, .NET, Ruby, Rails, book reviews, mind hacks, Wing Chun and the occasional personal bit. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Guillermo Valverde http://jamescrisp.org/2007/04/03/naked-economics-by-charles-wheelan/#comment-13927 Guillermo Valverde Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:55:37 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/wordpress/?p=54#comment-13927 Has "Naked Economics" been translated into Spanish? If so, is it available and where? I wold like to give out some to people who do not speak English, and who really need it. Has "Naked Economics" been translated into Spanish? If so, is it available and where?
I wold like to give out some to people who do not speak English, and who really need it.

]]> By: James Crisp http://jamescrisp.org/2007/04/03/naked-economics-by-charles-wheelan/#comment-46 James Crisp Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:03:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/wordpress/?p=54#comment-46 Hi JamesB, that's one cool passage. I wonder if vast computing power for simulation would have a significant affect on the feasibility of a planned economy?<br/>James Hi JamesB, that's one cool passage. I wonder if vast computing power for simulation would have a significant affect on the feasibility of a planned economy?
James

]]> By: James Crisp http://jamescrisp.org/2007/04/03/naked-economics-by-charles-wheelan/#comment-45 James Crisp Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:50:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/wordpress/?p=54#comment-45 Hey Stacy, thanks very much for the recommendations! I'll have a read.<br/>James Hey Stacy, thanks very much for the recommendations! I'll have a read.
James

]]> By: James B http://jamescrisp.org/2007/04/03/naked-economics-by-charles-wheelan/#comment-43 James B Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:48:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/wordpress/?p=54#comment-43 There's an Iain M. Banks passage about free markets which I thought was interesting:<br/><br/>"The market, for all its (profoundly inelegant) complexities, remains a crude and essentially blind system, and is - without the sort of drastic amendments liable to cripple the economic efficacy which is its greatest claimed asset - intrinsically incapable of distinguishing between simple non-use of matter resulting from processal superfluity and the acute, prolonged and wide-spread suffering of conscious beings."<br/><br/>The whole thing's <a HREF="http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~stefan/culture.html" REL="nofollow">here</a>, and very interesting (from a predictably utopian lefty perspective, of course). There's an Iain M. Banks passage about free markets which I thought was interesting:

"The market, for all its (profoundly inelegant) complexities, remains a crude and essentially blind system, and is - without the sort of drastic amendments liable to cripple the economic efficacy which is its greatest claimed asset - intrinsically incapable of distinguishing between simple non-use of matter resulting from processal superfluity and the acute, prolonged and wide-spread suffering of conscious beings."

The whole thing's here, and very interesting (from a predictably utopian lefty perspective, of course).

]]> By: Alex Salamakha http://jamescrisp.org/2007/04/03/naked-economics-by-charles-wheelan/#comment-42 Alex Salamakha Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:48:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/wordpress/?p=54#comment-42 hey James, can I borrow the book once you back to Syd? hey James, can I borrow the book once you back to Syd?

]]> By: Stacy http://jamescrisp.org/2007/04/03/naked-economics-by-charles-wheelan/#comment-41 Stacy Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:43:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/wordpress/?p=54#comment-41 I have a strong interest in economic subjects and related matters in politics & philosophy.<br/><br/>I can recommend the following online books:<br/><br/>What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N Rothbard : http://www.mises.org/money.asp<br/><br/>- This book describes the history of money beginning with barter, the rise of various moneys (butter, horses), the emergence of gold & silver, and the centuries wide corruption of money by governments to the present day fiat currencies.<br/><br/><br/>Capitalism - A Treatise on Economics<br/>by George Reisman:<br/>http://www.capitalism.net/<br/><br/>- This book is huge tombstone, weighing in at over 1000 pages of ~A4, it analyses many economic phenomena & fallacies in precise and logical fashion.<br/><br/><br/>Then if all that interests you take look at (or rather have a listen to) http://www.freedomainradio.com/ at 696 ~30minute audioblogs in 1.5 years, Stefan Molyneux deserves the title 'The Henry Ford of Podcasting', he has podcasts are economics, philosophy, politics, etc.<br/><br/><br/>Stacy. I have a strong interest in economic subjects and related matters in politics & philosophy.

I can recommend the following online books:

What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N Rothbard : http://www.mises.org/money.asp

- This book describes the history of money beginning with barter, the rise of various moneys (butter, horses), the emergence of gold & silver, and the centuries wide corruption of money by governments to the present day fiat currencies.

Capitalism - A Treatise on Economics
by George Reisman:
http://www.capitalism.net/

- This book is huge tombstone, weighing in at over 1000 pages of ~A4, it analyses many economic phenomena & fallacies in precise and logical fashion.

Then if all that interests you take look at (or rather have a listen to) http://www.freedomainradio.com/ at 696 ~30minute audioblogs in 1.5 years, Stefan Molyneux deserves the title 'The Henry Ford of Podcasting', he has podcasts are economics, philosophy, politics, etc.

Stacy.

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