quinta-feira, 24 de novembro de 2011
Viajar - remédio contra o prejuizo e preconceito
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” ~ Mark Twain
A grande mentira sobre a origem do dia de ação de graça (thanksgiving)
The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
by Richard J. Maybury
Each year at this time school children all over America are taught the official Thanksgiving story, and newspapers, radio, TV, and magazines devote vast amounts of time and space to it. It is all very colorful and fascinating.It is also very deceiving. This official story is nothing like what really happened. It is a fairy tale, a whitewashed and sanitized collection of half-truths which divert attention away from Thanksgiving's real meaning.
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quarta-feira, 23 de novembro de 2011
Metas de inflação
A política de metas de inflação no beco sem saída
Embora a crise do mercado financeiro ainda não esteja resolvida, as autoridades da política monetária continuam a praticar o mesmo tipo de política que levou à crise. De acordo com a política de metas de inflação, a política monetária pode ignorar a massa monetária e os bancos centrais podem minimizar as taxas de juros se a taxa de inflação for mantida no alvo. Há pouca discussão sobre os defeitos desta política de metas de inflação. A grande maioria dos dirigentes da política monetária ignora que a política de metas de inflação representou um fator significativo para a ocorrência da crise financeira...
Inovação na perspectiva da produção e do consumo de cerveja
From Monasteries to Multinationals (and Back):
A Historical Review of the Beer Economy
Eline Poelmans 1 and Johan Swinnen 2
Abstract
This article reviews beer production, consumption and the industrial organization of breweries throughout history. Monasteries were the centers of the beer economy in the early Middle Ages. Innovation and increased demand later induced the growth of commercial breweries. Globalization and scientific discoveries transformed the beer industry and increased competition from the 16th through the 19th century. The 20th century was characterized by dramatic (domestic and international) consolidation, major shifts in consumption patterns, and the re-emergence of small breweries.
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A Historical Review of the Beer Economy
Eline Poelmans 1 and Johan Swinnen 2
Abstract
This article reviews beer production, consumption and the industrial organization of breweries throughout history. Monasteries were the centers of the beer economy in the early Middle Ages. Innovation and increased demand later induced the growth of commercial breweries. Globalization and scientific discoveries transformed the beer industry and increased competition from the 16th through the 19th century. The 20th century was characterized by dramatic (domestic and international) consolidation, major shifts in consumption patterns, and the re-emergence of small breweries.
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Grandes líderes - em que?
The "Great Leaders" Were Mass Murderers
Mises Daily: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 by Anthony Gregory
Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and (perhaps we can call him an honorary American at the least) Winston Churchill stand as giants in the usual narrative of international progress, and despite their flaws — some of which historians quickly concede, proud of the balance and sophisticated nuance of their work — these men represent goodness nearly as much as Hitler represents evil. Just as important, the great wars these allegedly great men presided over have come to represent virtue and redemption nearly as much as the Nazis have come to symbolize barbarity.
Ralph Raico dissents. In his terrific book Great Wars and Great Leaders: A Libertarian Rebuttal, the venerable historian acquaints the reader with the dark side of such revered great leaders. His volume could be called an antihagiography, yet that is perhaps a grandiose descriptor for what is in ways not so presumptuous a project. All it takes is a fair account of what these men in power actually did to destroy the textbook interpretations...."
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A função dos bancos
"... Os bancos de hoje não são instituições de livre mercado. Eles vivem em uma simbiose com os governos cujos déficits eles próprios financiam. A sobrevivência dos bancos depende de privilégios e de intervenções governamentais. São essas intervenções que explicam essa valorização atípica em suas ações...."
Phillip Bagus
Phillip Bagus
terça-feira, 22 de novembro de 2011
Metodologia
"Antes que possamos significativamente questionar o que pode dar errado, nós primeiro precisamos compreender como as coisas puderam alguma vez dar certo." ~ F. A. Hayek
Porque impostos são roubo e aborte assessino
Judge Napolitano: Why Taxation is Theft, Abortion is Murder, & Gov't is Dangerous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA_Yl_JCdFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA_Yl_JCdFg
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Moralidade nos tempos do capitalismo
The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce
Autor Deirdre McCloskey
Editora University of Chicago
Ano 2007
The Bourgeois Virtues é certamente o projeto acadêmico liberal mais ambicioso da década. McCloskey não quer apenas argumentar que a economia de mercado nos tornou pessoas mais eficientes. Ela quer defender que a economia de mercado nos tornou pessoas melhores, mais virtuosas — e fazer essa defesa em um tomo de mais de 600 páginas (supostamente o primeiro em uma série de 4 volumes) perante um público-alvo condicionado a atirar pedras ao som da palavra burguesia. McCloskey balanceia seu esforço hercúleo com um estilo ensaístico, conversacional, sem jamais perder a erudição. O escopo de seu trabalho dificilmente encontra paralelos entre economistas liberais, vivos ou mortos. Ao promover a esperança, a fé, o amor, a justiça, a coragem, a temperança e a prudência, nenhum outro livro desta década consegue com mais sucesso defender a tese de que o mercado não apenas permite ao homem ganhar o mundo, como também pode ajudá-lo a não perder a alma.
A praxeologia da incerteza
Vídeo Show sobre incerteza
Nesse episódio a Praxgirl fala sobre como a incerteza é uma característica inerente a ação humana e que podemos categorizar as ações de acordo com o nível de incerteza, como jogos, especulação e planejamento. Ela também fala do entendimento sobre o termo "engenharia social" e como é impossível a existência de um ditador benevolente, e que planejamento central é uma tentativa disfarçada de totalitarismo.
Nesse episódio a Praxgirl fala sobre como a incerteza é uma característica inerente a ação humana e que podemos categorizar as ações de acordo com o nível de incerteza, como jogos, especulação e planejamento. Ela também fala do entendimento sobre o termo "engenharia social" e como é impossível a existência de um ditador benevolente, e que planejamento central é uma tentativa disfarçada de totalitarismo.
segunda-feira, 21 de novembro de 2011
Escola de Salamanca
SPANISH SCHOLASTIC DOCTRINE BY SCHUMPETER — “Schumpeter studied scholastic doctrine in general and Spanish scholastic doctrine in particular, and praised the high level of economic science in Spain in the 16th century. He argued that the School of Salamanca most deserve to be considered the founders of economics as a science. THE SCHOOL DID NOT ELABORATE A COMPLETE DOCTRINE OF ECONOMICS, BUT THEY ...ESTABLISHED THE FIRST MODERN ECONOMIC THEORIES TO ADDRESS THE NEW ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THAT HAD ARISEN WITH THE END OF THE MEDIEVAL ORDER. Unfortunately, there was no continuation of their work until the end of the 17th century and many of their contributions were forgotten, only to be rediscovered later by others”. Joseph Schumpeter's History of Economic Analysis( 1954), cited in http:// www.experiencefestival.com/ school_of_salamanca_-_theology

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A selection of articles related to School of Salamanca - Theology: International law - Natural law. The intellectual seeds of modern international law germinated in the 16th and 17th centuries, when the influence of the Catholic Church in international affairs gradually weakened.
Legalizar é descriminalizar
The Wall Street Journal
A Path to Victory in the Drug War
Brazil's Fernando Henrique Cardoso on why legalization of marijuana will reduce the cartels' threat to Latin democracies.
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Espionagem de Facebook
Facebook admite rastrear usuários
- 21 de novembro de 2011|
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Por Tatiana de Mello Dias
Diretor de engenharia do Facebook revela a jornal americano detalhes de como a rede social rastreia seus usuários—-
• Siga o ‘Link’ no Twitter, no Facebook e no Google+
O Facebook tem mecanismos para rastrear o que os usuários fazem mesmo fora da rede social.
Segundo Bejar, o Facebook guarda o histórico de navegação de seus usuários poir 90 dias. Isso é feito atrás de cookies, pequenos arquivos que registram informações dos usuários para facilitar a navegação pelo browser (como lembrar logins e senhas). Além de facilitar, os cookies registram também dados de navegação, que são usados para monitorar o comportamento dos usuários.
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Obrigado, Dillon, pela informação sobre esta notícia.
Iniciativa (problemática) do governo americano contra pirateria na Internet
Ron Paul
Ron Paul, candidato para a presidência dos Estados Unidos, no programa TV Face the Nation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pf5eJlDupo&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pf5eJlDupo&feature=player_embedded
Cuidado, Lula
Radiation exposure chart admits cancer radiotherapy delivers fatal dose to patients
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com |
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/032136_radiation_exposure_chart.html#ixzz1eLFH3Kfc
Gastos militares
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Como funciona o mercado financeiro?
Endlich verstehen: Warum die Märkte in der Euro-Krise so verrückt spielen
20. November 2011Von Patrick Bernau
Was gerade an der Börse passiert, das wirkt völlig unerklärlich, ja richtig irre: Jahrelang schienen die Kreditgeber der Peripheriestaaten nichts von irgendeiner Gefahr zu ahnen, Griechenland zahlte fast die gleichen Zinsen wie Deutschland. Dann, plötzlich, schossen die Zinsen ohne Vorwarnung durch die Decke. Inzwischen trifft es auch Frankreich, und selbst die grundsoliden Holländer mussten sich vergangene Woche plötzlich Sorgen machen. Die Krise scheint die Krise zu nähren, ohne dass die Anleihenbesitzer auch nur kurz zum Überlegen innehalten.
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domingo, 20 de novembro de 2011
Como funciona o governo?
The 7 Never-to-be-Forgotten Principles of Government
by Harry Browne
July 1, 2003
It's easy to think sometimes that a new government program, law, or regulation could cure a pressing social problem.
Whether it's a desire to end abortions, keep the wrong people out of the country, make your city drug-free, stop corporate frauds, crack down on criminals, or make health care more accessible and less expensive, you can imagine how the right new law could make everything okay.
But when you get that kind of thought, I hope you'll remember the seven principles that apply to all government programs — not just the ones you oppose.
The Principles
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