Um, so it looks like I won’t be getting back to work on Adam Smith right away; I appear to have left the book in Missoula, so I’ll have to wait until either I get the hotel to send it to me, or I buy another copy. Ooops.
Correction to previous post
May 26th, 2009 by skzb · 15 Comments
Tags: Steve · The Wealth of Nations
15 responses so far ↓
1 Tim of Angle // May 26, 2009 at 8:50 pm
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3300
Dude, get with the program.
2 skzb // May 27, 2009 at 6:14 am
Can’t make notes in the margins that way.
3 Scottij // May 27, 2009 at 7:01 am
Library?
4 skzb // May 27, 2009 at 7:13 am
I’m not big on writing in library books. However, used books are another matter; going to check that today (just called the hotel, and they can’t find it).
5 seanp // May 27, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I heard Mr. Obama use a phrase today, “economic justice”. It caused me to wonder, what exactly does this justice entail?
6 skzb // May 27, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I suspect it means that all billionaires will be treated the same before the law.
7 schmwarf // May 27, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Steve, that’s a bit inconsiderate isn’t it?
Some of these guys are only millionaires now.
8 skzb // May 27, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Schmwarf: You’re right. I shouldn’t mock the disadvantaged. I feel bad.
9 seanp // May 28, 2009 at 6:58 am
OK, expound on that if you would; other than the obvious removing tax shelters, loopholes, etc. My first reaction was that it is naive to expect that based on the golden rule; he with the gold makes the rules.
10 Bawrence // May 28, 2009 at 11:16 am
Research Henry George. Real-estate tax is the logical way to go.
11 elrond // May 29, 2009 at 8:15 pm
So… dying to know what you think of Mr. Smith. Also, I am assuming you are interested in more than just the economics… the time period?
12 skzb // May 29, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Mostly after some understanding of how rent works. That’s the chapter I’m fighting my way through now. As for what I think of Mr. Smith, well, I think I’ve been saying all along, haven’t I?
He was obviously brilliant, and very thorough. Most of the flaws I’ve seen so far can be traced to the lack of available information–it’s difficult to analyze factory production before there were factories.
13 elrond // May 30, 2009 at 12:01 am
My apologizes, I just started listening. Missed what you what you said earlier.
I downloaded Wealth of Nations from the Gutenberg site. Is interesting. I downloaded your Firefly story. Is more interesting.
14 Mary the Braider // May 30, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Heyya, Steve! This is Mary, who you yelled at back at Marcon a year or two, telling me to finish the bloody novel.
I’ve finally started to write again. Yeay! Seems all it took was a fountain pen and journaling about 1000 words/day for half a month.
However, I’m nowhere near the Dee-no-ment. ;-)
15 skzb // May 30, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Mary! Great to hear from you! Wish you could make Fourth Street this year, you’d love it. Good to hear you’re back at it. Warm regards to your fountain pen. I can’t wait for the DEE-no-ment. :-)
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