Curt Doolittle

Theme: Productivity

  • #SignsYoureRightWing No, I rely on voluntary exchange with others, which is nece

    #SignsYoureRightWing No, I rely on voluntary exchange with others, which is necessary for productivity – division of labor.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-08-04 16:32:15 UTC

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  • No, we believe that self-sufficiency is a virtue and parasitism is not

    No, we believe that self-sufficiency is a virtue and parasitism is not.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-08-04 16:18:12 UTC

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  • Capitalism

    [T]he voluntary organization of production, distribution, and trade, that results in networks of sustainable specialization in production distribution and trade, that in turn adapts by change prices to small changes in demand;  by reorganizing in response moderate changes; and by dissolution and eventual reformation in response to shocks and persistent changes.

    People, Skill, Knowledge, Relations.

  • Capitalism

    [T]he voluntary organization of production, distribution, and trade, that results in networks of sustainable specialization in production distribution and trade, that in turn adapts by change prices to small changes in demand;  by reorganizing in response moderate changes; and by dissolution and eventual reformation in response to shocks and persistent changes.

    People, Skill, Knowledge, Relations.

  • The voluntary organization of production, distribution, and trade, that results

    The voluntary organization of production, distribution, and trade, that results in networks of sustainable specialization in production distribution and trade.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-29 13:30:00 UTC

  • The Reason You’re Poor

    [Y]ou are not a landlord or rentier.  So, I understand why you are not rich. But why are you poor and always broke? The answer is that you or the society you belong to, have – for various reasons- a very short time preference. You will rather spend now than save. And you prefer to consume now than delay gratification. — Haille Mariam-Lemar

  • The Reason You’re Poor

    [Y]ou are not a landlord or rentier.  So, I understand why you are not rich. But why are you poor and always broke? The answer is that you or the society you belong to, have – for various reasons- a very short time preference. You will rather spend now than save. And you prefer to consume now than delay gratification. — Haille Mariam-Lemar

  • do we know about population and technological progress? A paper by Ashraf and Ga

    http://www.nber.org/papers/w17037.pdfWhat do we know about population and technological progress?

    A paper by Ashraf and Galorm http://www.nber.org/papers/w17037.pdf concludes: “…population density in pre-industrial times was on average higher at latitudinal bands closer to the equator.”

    Yet the countries closer to the equator did not end up being the drivers of industrial progress, even though they sometimes had higher rates of progress in agricultural times. Northern Europe, with the exception of the Dutch Republic, was never the star for population density. This paper also indicates that technology drives population growth — more than vice versa — and that “time elapsed since a region’s neolithic breakthrough” predicts later technological progress fairly well.

    If you add an extra baby to most societies, ceteris paribus, the rate of expected idea generation does indeed go up in theory. But how important a factor is that, compared to other influences on ideas generation?

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-19 04:15:00 UTC

  • “OVERSING IS AN ERP FOR TASKS” The organization and facilitation of collaborativ

    “OVERSING IS AN ERP FOR TASKS”

    The organization and facilitation of collaborative white collar production.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-19 02:59:00 UTC

  • “Maybe our mysterious productivity gain is in the form of less inflation than we

    “Maybe our mysterious productivity gain is in the form of less inflation than we deserve,”-mcafee

    That actually makes sense.

    And scares the hell out of me.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-17 15:05:00 UTC