Ten Great Economists

Adam Smith, Scotland (1723-1791)
David Ricardo, England (1772-1823
Thomas Malthus, England (1766-1834)
John Stuart Mill, England (1806-1873)
Karl Marx, Germany (1818-1883)
Leon Walras, France (1834-1910)
Alfred Marshall, England (1842-1924)
Thorstein Veblen, USA (1857-1929)
John Maynard Keynes, England (1883-1946)
Irving Fisher, USA (1867-1947)
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Economic 101 for the Health Care Reform With a Public Option

Having a Government’s Healthcare with a Public Option as proposed by President Obama will likely cause to bring down and lower your monthly health insurance premium to as little as $25 a month for a full healthcare coverage including dental.
This is how it will work. As it has been reported (see CNN.com) that the premium [...]

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A Success Story: Guided by an Angel

I grew up on a farm with my mom. My dad always lived in a city where he worked and only came home rarely, on weekends, not every weekend, but may be twice a year. I was the oldest male-child in the house, after my older brother went in exile and joined SWAPO, a political [...]

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The Most, Very Unique Invention Idea to Make Billions, Only for You?

In today’s competitive global economy, it’s all about finding your niche’. Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Google (Page & Brin), and many other entrepreneurs have magnificently excelled at doing this very same thing, they found their niche’, which they have and continue to exploit while making tons of money. You can also find your [...]

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The Daring Power of Honesty

Every one of us, anywhere, are all in need of something, we are all competing for resources, to make a living, to survive, and whatever it is that we may want, we can only get it from each other, if we are completely straight forward with one another.
In order to successfully make it in this [...]

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Surviving the World of Statistical Selection

On November 18, 2008, The New York Times published an article titled, The Wrong Place to Be Chronically Ill. The article reports the finding of 7,500 patients surveyed in several countries such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Britain and the United States, who suffered from at least one of seven chronic [...]

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What Every Organism Wants: Sexual Selection

Yes, the title is an indicative to capture your attention. And, since you’all seem so tired and perhaps stressed out, well, we are now in “officially” a recession. Perhaps, an economic depression is next, but not soon or may be never, I hope.
So, I wanted to arouse your attention for a minute and entertain your [...]

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Are Americans Just Too Chronically Ill?

Are Americans simply too healthy to be sick than any other people in other countries in the world, or they simply have more access to a better health care system? If they are just too healthy, then why are there so many health insurance companies in the US, perhaps some of the largest health insurance [...]

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The State of South Africa’s Apartheid, the Root of All Evil

What is it actually like to live your life according to how someone else dictates it for you? You go to bed and wake up at the time given to you. You cannot leave your house at anytime before 7:00 in the morning or only when the sun has risen. And if you are somewhere, no [...]

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Modern Day Slavery the Mother Root of All Socioeconomic Oppression

In today’s mainstream pop culture, the word “slavery” is mostly synonymous with America, not because it has a better connotation or that it was invented in America, but simply because it is the country which has been mostly publicized where the African slaves were treated the worse, brutal, and horrendous, than anywhere else on earth. [...]

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