Rethinking Economicstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-839942008-01-24T09:39:00-06:00Economic Man recovering his soul.
A blog dedicated to exploring economics as informed by a proper understanding of the dignity of the human person.
TypePadEmerging Multi-Nationalstag:typepad.com,2003:post-445319442008-01-24T09:39:00-06:002008-01-24T09:39:00-06:00From time to time, I also plan to post links to news articles in the business and economic world that pique my curiosity. I don't do so to endorse their commentaries on economic theory. (I trust the reader can separate...JACK Personal Finance 101tag:typepad.com,2003:post-445336062008-01-23T09:18:00-06:002008-01-23T09:18:00-06:00As I mentioned in my earlier post, "Renewal", one of the things that motivated me to restart this blog was the discovery of the personal finance blogs (like Get Rich Slowly and Free Money Finance) end of the blogosphere. There's...JACK The Worldly Philosopherstag:typepad.com,2003:post-444460042008-01-21T07:34:39-06:002008-01-21T07:34:39-06:00I know that I have been promising a resumption of this blog for some time now. I've been a bit busy with some other endeavors, but I have resumed my economic reading. Of all things, the current presidential campaign cycle,...JACK Renewaltag:typepad.com,2003:post-399647122007-10-08T23:08:02-05:002007-10-08T23:08:02-05:00So I know what you are thinking. Two and a half years between posts? Sorry about that. Despite the stop-and-start nature of all of my blogging, I thought I would try and rejuvenate this one. I was actually inspired to...JACK Who is E. F. Schumacher?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35736592005-02-15T10:55:00-06:002005-02-15T10:55:00-06:00Godspy had a recent article profiling E.F. Schumacher and his book, Small is Beautiful. Check it out as it may be some helpful background before digging into the book. ....JACK An Example Of My Frustrationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-35634512005-02-14T09:15:00-06:002005-02-14T09:15:00-06:00Before I begin looking at E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful, I thought I would share an example of what frustrates me about today's economic analysis applied to non-traditional fields.
A number of years ago I picked up a copy of the book, The Economics of Life, by Gary Becker and his wife Guity. For those not familiar with Professor Becker, he won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1992 and is known for his penchant for applying the theories of market behavior and economic incentives to traditionally non-economic daily life events.
All of this made me eager to pick up the book. One of the first essays in the book is about religion, where Prof. Becker provocatively argues that having many denominations and sects having to compete for members makes religious groups better. He writes: ........JACK Introductiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-34281622005-02-02T11:09:37-06:002005-02-02T11:09:37-06:00Welcome to Rethinking Economics! Several years ago, I started a blog called Integrity (which is now back on the air) and joined the fray in what has come to be known as St. Blog's. My goals for Integrity were ambitious....JACK