ECON 005 ~ “A Person”*
(*with proxy claims for equal human rights! Goes way beyond a “board” game.) Note: (All ECON sketches may be used pursuant to the Creative Commons License noted herein.)
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Laissez-faire
ECON 001 ~ The (In)Visible Hand($)
~ ————/Note 1: Because symbols and pictures can sometimes be more direct than words, I have undertaken to sketch some thoughts and observations of the current state of dire affairs between Big Business, big government, small politics, and the beleaguered citizen (formerly “a person with equal rights”). Hopefully over time my rough art will improve.
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Yes, We Get It!
(Lessons from the “GULF”1 between theory and practice; between words-then and words-now; between seeing and not seeing; between astute and stupid; between talking sense and talking points; between …; between …; between … . Oh! Déjà vu!) Yes, we get it.2 Oh! how WE GET IT! WE GET that deregulation exacerbates greed, corruption, cutting corners,
Crimes against the People
(And we are all guilty—some more than others—in some way or other) ▪ Unregulated laissez-faire markets*▪ Excessive government regulation of markets*▪ Tax structures that are both onerous and full of loop-holes▪ Massive concessions to big-business while pretending the market-place is free, fair, and level▪ Financial IVs for too-big-to-fail corps (too seldom spelled corpse)▪ Revolving doors
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The TEN DICTATES (& Natural Selections) of the Laissez-faire Market-Place
~~~1. Thou shalt have no other economic theories before you.[1]2. Thou shalt[2] research, develop, and manufacture goods and services, but above all, the DESIRE for goods and services; and NEVER bow to any attempts to regulate the natural order (and flow) of desire and laissez-faire markets.3. Thou shalt not permit critics of the laissez-faire market-place
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va: A Bill of Goods?
“Do you realize this year is the twentieth anniversary of a huge world event?” my friend Sondra said as she accosted me outside the local grocers. “Well, I guess that would be ’89,” I said, as I scrambled to remember what 1989 was all about. As usual, I did not have to reveal my ignorance
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