Here is the third question posed to me by the editor of the business magazine Investor.ge, put out by the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia.
(3) Why is it (the middle class) important? Can we say it is more important economically than socially or does it play an important role in both spheres? What is [...]
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I recently got a request for an interview by the editor of a business magazine, Investor.ge. The magazine is produced by the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia (the country). For those aware of recent events on The Middle Class Forum this is quite ironic. There is a recent commenter out there rolling his eyes [...]
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We pride ourselves on our entreprenurial spirit, and we have data that indicates we engage in start-ups constantly. In truth, starting a business as a proprietor is much easier than starting a corporation. It is naturally much easier, of course, and government provides some infrastucture and incentives to assist the start-up of proprietors further.
Yet staying [...]
There is a simple one-size-fits-all solution to restoring economic balance, a solution that no one would disagree with in principle, a solution that will never be implemented: good economic indicators. We are bombarded with stock market indicators incessantly. Consequently, that is where our focus lies for “restoring balance.” When the stock market does well it’s [...]
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Restoring economic balance will require greater experimentation, as reported in the previous entry for this series, and better information. Most people equate misinformation as being distortions of information. Others maintain that as long as the information is out there somewhere in some format then “Buyer Beware.” Yet hidden or obscured information is essentially misinformation, afflicting [...]
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Due in large part to economics being more of a scholastic field with its schools of thought, rather than an empirical field as its apologists would insist, there is not much experimentation going on to enhance the corporate business model. So one important ingredient for restoring economic balance would be greater tinkering with the requirements [...]
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In the book Systems out of Balance my focus was illuminating how social systems work in ways we should not want. This alone was a movement towards restoring balance, since the first step in addressing a problem is recognizing you have one. The book includes a final essay titled “Restoring Balance” that provides some follow-up [...]
I have formed a band called The Bards of Balance. In the past two weeks we released our album, Restoring Balance, for digital download. I know it’s available at CD Baby already and should be available at all audio distribution venues such as iTunes soon.
We also did our first college gig at the Torrington Branch [...]
Property is neither a natural right, as John Locke claimed, nor a fence to liberty, as claimed by James Madison. The natural right claim is easily dismissed. If you live in Connecticut you do not own property in California unless there is some type of government to back up your claim. “Squatter’s rights” or “use [...]
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Cindy and I are back from our anniversary “vacation,” which involved me doing book signings at the Big E. Last week I did some prep work for deconstructing the misinformation in Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny by providing an overview of misinformation principles and declaring what “ideology” guides my analysis. The remaining prep work is to [...]
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