Comments for Gary Basin Blog http://garybasin.com Things I think about Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:24:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Econ question by traderprofit http://garybasin.com/2011/07/21/econ-question/#comment-506 traderprofit Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:24:36 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=145#comment-506 war reparations war reparations

]]> Comment on All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by traderprofit http://garybasin.com/2011/11/20/all-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-grace/#comment-505 traderprofit Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:22:38 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=188#comment-505 So I guess buying the 100 year Mexico bonds at 6% was a bad idea So I guess buying the 100 year Mexico bonds at 6% was a bad idea

]]> Comment on Econ question by ronald http://garybasin.com/2011/07/21/econ-question/#comment-430 ronald Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:36:30 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=145#comment-430 maybe people of the upper class enjoy escaping to a nice farm for vacation during summer maybe people of the upper class enjoy escaping to a nice farm for vacation during summer

]]> Comment on What do tigers dream of by ronald http://garybasin.com/2011/08/01/what-do-tigers-dream-of/#comment-429 ronald Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:33:37 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=155#comment-429 so what DO tigers dream of? so what DO tigers dream of?

]]> Comment on Econ question by gary http://garybasin.com/2011/07/21/econ-question/#comment-426 gary Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:41:38 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=145#comment-426 I'm not sure if distributed gains and even currency appreciation are enough to account for such wealth I’m not sure if distributed gains and even currency appreciation are enough to account for such wealth

]]> Comment on Econ question by billy http://garybasin.com/2011/07/21/econ-question/#comment-423 billy Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:48:33 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=145#comment-423 [s] commys [/s] [s] commys [/s]

]]> Comment on Population, technology and growth by Richard Wedlock http://garybasin.com/2011/06/22/population-technology-and-growth/#comment-422 Richard Wedlock Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:46:15 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=136#comment-422 The more populous periods of human history–most obviously the last few centuries–clearly produced more scientific, technological, and cultural innovations than earlier, less populous periods. That explains it all. Nice review. Thanks for linking the other article. Learned a lot from there. The more populous periods of human history–most obviously the last few centuries–clearly produced more scientific, technological, and cultural innovations than earlier, less populous periods. That explains it all. Nice review. Thanks for linking the other article. Learned a lot from there.

]]> Comment on Population, technology and growth by mjbommar http://garybasin.com/2011/06/22/population-technology-and-growth/#comment-141 mjbommar Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:41:19 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=136#comment-141 #1) Hardin's book, despite its reverence in academia, is a pulpit form which he advocated forcible population control through global sterility and infanticide programs. #2) Current projections show world population peaking and declining due to the effect of wealth and education on birth rates. So, population growth isn't necessarily unbounded except by "carrying capacity." #3) And in the end, this is all just stage 1. The point is that if we are talking about something like the preservation of our species, we just need to keep civilization functioning and advancing long enough to colonize other planets and solar systems. #1) Hardin’s book, despite its reverence in academia, is a pulpit form which he advocated forcible population control through global sterility and infanticide programs.

#2) Current projections show world population peaking and declining due to the effect of wealth and education on birth rates. So, population growth isn’t necessarily unbounded except by “carrying capacity.”

#3) And in the end, this is all just stage 1. The point is that if we are talking about something like the preservation of our species, we just need to keep civilization functioning and advancing long enough to colonize other planets and solar systems.

]]> Comment on Population, technology and growth by Zachary David http://garybasin.com/2011/06/22/population-technology-and-growth/#comment-140 Zachary David Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:15:44 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=136#comment-140 "To couple the concept of freedom to breed with the belief that everyone born has an equal right to the commons is to lock the world into a tragic course of action." - Garrett Hardin A growing population. A finite resource. The necessity of government regulation. We might label this as The Technocrat's Tragedy of The Commons. (http://dieoff.org/page95.htm) Replace "the commons" with "capital" and Garrett Hardin's decades old paper becomes a timeless read. ("Conscience Is Self-Eliminating" might have new meaning) “To couple the concept of freedom to breed with the belief that everyone born has an equal right to the commons is to lock the world into a tragic course of action.” – Garrett Hardin

A growing population. A finite resource. The necessity of government regulation. We might label this as The Technocrat’s Tragedy of The Commons. (http://dieoff.org/page95.htm) Replace “the commons” with “capital” and Garrett Hardin’s decades old paper becomes a timeless read. (“Conscience Is Self-Eliminating” might have new meaning)

]]> Comment on Population, technology and growth by mjb http://garybasin.com/2011/06/22/population-technology-and-growth/#comment-139 mjb Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:26:46 +0000 http://garybasin.com/?p=136#comment-139 also welcome to the field of political economy and growth economics. it's an academic minefield. also welcome to the field of political economy and growth economics. it’s an academic minefield.

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