Day 5 - Philosopher Biographies
... Socrates thought this was a paradox, because he didn’t know anything. However, after talking to all the leading poets and dignitaries of Athens, Socrates realized that although other people thought they knew a lot – actually they didn’t. So Socrates affirmed that the Oracle was right. He was the wis ...
... Socrates thought this was a paradox, because he didn’t know anything. However, after talking to all the leading poets and dignitaries of Athens, Socrates realized that although other people thought they knew a lot – actually they didn’t. So Socrates affirmed that the Oracle was right. He was the wis ...
The Greek Philosophers
... ✏ He divided society into three classes: ✏ workers to produce the necessities of life, ✏soldiers to defend the state ✏philosophers to rule ...
... ✏ He divided society into three classes: ✏ workers to produce the necessities of life, ✏soldiers to defend the state ✏philosophers to rule ...
Mr. Pawlowski Mr. Clark World History (Black Day) September 7
... World History (Black Day) September 7, 2012 ...
... World History (Black Day) September 7, 2012 ...
types of government economic policy
... economic policy which would be acceptable for everyone, one with which those who are in disagreement would simply be "wrong." Such an impression of the nature of economic policy is rooted in a closed, rationalistic-scientific worldview, in which economic life, for example, is mechanically conceived, ...
... economic policy which would be acceptable for everyone, one with which those who are in disagreement would simply be "wrong." Such an impression of the nature of economic policy is rooted in a closed, rationalistic-scientific worldview, in which economic life, for example, is mechanically conceived, ...
Thirty Years of Chinese Reform --- Transition from
... than officials of a certain rank (indicated by paths of their appointment, promotion, awarding and punishment, etc,). Under this system, an enterprise need not take any responsibility for its behaviors, since its benefits or loss would not have any impact on the enterprise and its principals, and ba ...
... than officials of a certain rank (indicated by paths of their appointment, promotion, awarding and punishment, etc,). Under this system, an enterprise need not take any responsibility for its behaviors, since its benefits or loss would not have any impact on the enterprise and its principals, and ba ...
Econ4950 Lecture Note 2 26 Jan. 2011
... limited than his methods and conceps, but nonetheless relevant. In the theory of prices he attempted to find a way of expressing one of the two means of production, labour and land, in terms of other, in order to obtain a single magnitude expressing production cost. [It was a fairly primitive idea, ...
... limited than his methods and conceps, but nonetheless relevant. In the theory of prices he attempted to find a way of expressing one of the two means of production, labour and land, in terms of other, in order to obtain a single magnitude expressing production cost. [It was a fairly primitive idea, ...
The Secular Religions of Progress
... that scientific experts, including professional economists, should engineer society toward a better future. But moral and economic crises in the 1930s and 1940s called into question the Progressives’ basic methods and aspirations, giving reason to leave behind the morally freighted language of “prog ...
... that scientific experts, including professional economists, should engineer society toward a better future. But moral and economic crises in the 1930s and 1940s called into question the Progressives’ basic methods and aspirations, giving reason to leave behind the morally freighted language of “prog ...
The Secular Religions of Progress
... that scientific experts, including professional economists, should engineer society toward a better future. But moral and economic crises in the 1930s and 1940s called into question the Progressives’ basic methods and aspirations, giving reason to leave behind the morally freighted language of “prog ...
... that scientific experts, including professional economists, should engineer society toward a better future. But moral and economic crises in the 1930s and 1940s called into question the Progressives’ basic methods and aspirations, giving reason to leave behind the morally freighted language of “prog ...
Economic Natural Laws and Economics
... primary interest of world economic development is in ethics, then we would be irrational to remain fixated on materialism [6]. The final major problem is the avoidance of discussing the ultimate goal of human life but focusing only on the fulfillment of short-term demands. Although defining this goa ...
... primary interest of world economic development is in ethics, then we would be irrational to remain fixated on materialism [6]. The final major problem is the avoidance of discussing the ultimate goal of human life but focusing only on the fulfillment of short-term demands. Although defining this goa ...
An Introduction to Greek Tragedy
... An Athenian tyrant, Pisistratus first seized power in 561; in 546 he gained firm control over Athens. A benevolent ruler for the most part (to the Greeks, a tyrant was a man who seized power, no matter how fairly or unfairly he wielded that power), Pisistratus instituted the festivals honoring Diony ...
... An Athenian tyrant, Pisistratus first seized power in 561; in 546 he gained firm control over Athens. A benevolent ruler for the most part (to the Greeks, a tyrant was a man who seized power, no matter how fairly or unfairly he wielded that power), Pisistratus instituted the festivals honoring Diony ...
Music in ancient Greece
... The musical instruments used in ancient Greece fell into the three well-known categories: string, brass and percussion instruments. According to Evangelos Kokoris, "the study of musical instruments in ancient Greece contributed to a better understanding of them, either in the form of descriptions i ...
... The musical instruments used in ancient Greece fell into the three well-known categories: string, brass and percussion instruments. According to Evangelos Kokoris, "the study of musical instruments in ancient Greece contributed to a better understanding of them, either in the form of descriptions i ...
value freedom in economics.
... money; i.e., that the last dollar of income means much less to a rich man who has so many of them, than to a poor man who has so few. Unfortunately there is nothing in the science of economics that can justify such a redistribution since this comparison between rich and poor is implicit~ based on in ...
... money; i.e., that the last dollar of income means much less to a rich man who has so many of them, than to a poor man who has so few. Unfortunately there is nothing in the science of economics that can justify such a redistribution since this comparison between rich and poor is implicit~ based on in ...
Lesson 1
... we say we care about the environment, if that is part of what defines our self image, yet we litter or dump our motor oil down the storm drains, we reveal through our actions what we really think and what our values really are –and thus our worldview. This is how worldviews operate – below the radar ...
... we say we care about the environment, if that is part of what defines our self image, yet we litter or dump our motor oil down the storm drains, we reveal through our actions what we really think and what our values really are –and thus our worldview. This is how worldviews operate – below the radar ...
Plato
... BC, Plato was very upset. He began to write down some of the discussions he had heard Socrates have. Practically everything we know about Socrates comes from what Plato wrote down. ...
... BC, Plato was very upset. He began to write down some of the discussions he had heard Socrates have. Practically everything we know about Socrates comes from what Plato wrote down. ...
Topic 3
... The third factor is the policies that a system pursues. The policies that a system pursues are an outcome due to the inherent system or to the policies that were pursued earlier. It is possible to have two countries with the same system but differing in the outcomes due to different environment fact ...
... The third factor is the policies that a system pursues. The policies that a system pursues are an outcome due to the inherent system or to the policies that were pursued earlier. It is possible to have two countries with the same system but differing in the outcomes due to different environment fact ...
The Greeks
... no clear moral or religious system no guarantee of afterlife—focus is on being remembered for one’s actions in this life • Thus, Greek culture celebrates individual glory and individual responsibility ...
... no clear moral or religious system no guarantee of afterlife—focus is on being remembered for one’s actions in this life • Thus, Greek culture celebrates individual glory and individual responsibility ...
How Excessive Government Killed Ancient Rome
... direct taxation impossible, and also because it was easier to administer, Local communities would decide for themselves howto divide up the tax burden among their citizens (Goffart 1974: 11). Tax farmers were often utilized to collect provincial taxes. They would pay in advance for the right to coll ...
... direct taxation impossible, and also because it was easier to administer, Local communities would decide for themselves howto divide up the tax burden among their citizens (Goffart 1974: 11). Tax farmers were often utilized to collect provincial taxes. They would pay in advance for the right to coll ...
Philosophy
... family. Many of his relatives were involved with Athenian politics, though Plato himself was not. When Socrates was killed in 399 BC, Plato was very upset (He was 30 years old when Socrates died) . Plato began to write down some of the conversations he had heard Socrates have. Practically everything ...
... family. Many of his relatives were involved with Athenian politics, though Plato himself was not. When Socrates was killed in 399 BC, Plato was very upset (He was 30 years old when Socrates died) . Plato began to write down some of the conversations he had heard Socrates have. Practically everything ...
Chapter 2: The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice
... advantage over another in the production of a good or service if he can produce that product using fewer resources. • A producer has a comparative advantage in the production of a good or service over another if he can produce that product at a lower opportunity cost. ...
... advantage over another in the production of a good or service if he can produce that product using fewer resources. • A producer has a comparative advantage in the production of a good or service over another if he can produce that product at a lower opportunity cost. ...
Mandeville`s mistake: Can good laws substitute
... particular interest in his well-being. He reciprocates this attitude. I do not know, and have no need to know, whether he is in the direst poverty, extremely wealthy, or somewhere in between… Yet the two of us are able to…transact exchanges efficiently because both parties agree on the property righ ...
... particular interest in his well-being. He reciprocates this attitude. I do not know, and have no need to know, whether he is in the direst poverty, extremely wealthy, or somewhere in between… Yet the two of us are able to…transact exchanges efficiently because both parties agree on the property righ ...
I Introduction to the Nature of Economics
... economic life with justice, ethics, morality, creativity, security and aesthetic values are of concern. Human societies have attempted a broad array of alternative systems to deal with the problem of provisioning. Some have been more successful and other less so. Some systems have lasted for thousan ...
... economic life with justice, ethics, morality, creativity, security and aesthetic values are of concern. Human societies have attempted a broad array of alternative systems to deal with the problem of provisioning. Some have been more successful and other less so. Some systems have lasted for thousan ...
Chapter - Higher Ed
... Managerial Economics & Theory • Managerial economics applies microeconomic theory to business problems • How to use economic analysis to make decisions to achieve firm’s goal of profit maximization ...
... Managerial Economics & Theory • Managerial economics applies microeconomic theory to business problems • How to use economic analysis to make decisions to achieve firm’s goal of profit maximization ...
Ancient economic thought
In the history of economic thought, ancient economic thought refers to the ideas from people before the Middle Ages.Economics in the classical age is defined in the modern analysis as a factor of ethics and politics, only becoming an object of study as a separate discipline during the 18th century.