Tag: economics

  • Real World Value

    I’ve never heard someone so succinctly describe the fundamental issue with economics and the way it drives our governmental systems. Pollination and the aquifer are perfect examples of things absolutely essential to a human survival not to mention flourishing & comfortable living standards but completely outside the models & factors considered when informing policy and…

  • AILS: Capitalism

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    Assumptions Before I began my quest to learn about one of (if not the) most prevalent economic systems in the world, I had some very specific ideas about what capitalism was. Firstly, I thought that capitalism’s main aim was to redistribute wealth amongst the population. Secondly, I thought it was the only market based economic…