Tag Archives: interest

Time Preference and Interest

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Dr. J

Week 7 of the Mises Institute’s Home Study Course in Austrian Economics includes one audio lecture and three book chapters dealing with time preference and interest. “Time Preference and Interest” by Jeffrey Herbener: This lecture has a good summary of Ludwig … Continue reading →

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The Production Structure and the Social Economy

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dr. J

In Chapter 11 of Foundations of Economics, Shawn Ritenour makes the transition from what is often called “microeconomics” to what is often called “macroeconomics,” where the discussion centers on “big stuff” like business cycles, inflation, and unemployment. He disapproves of this … Continue reading →

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Interest and Profit

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Dr. J

Marxists, beware. In Chapter 8 of Foundations of Economics, Shawn Ritenour explains how the economic phenomena of interest and profit, both of which are anathema to the socialist Left, are natural and necessary features of life in a division-of-labor economy. … Continue reading →

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