Tag: money

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Richard W. Stevens
Date
May 2, 2024

Categorized
Economics

Tagged
Agency, Choice, economics, free will, Mental, money}

Economics Assumes Human Beings Have Free Will

_{Every waking moment we humans live out a constant fact underlying all economic science: we act.} _{Richard W. Stevens
May 2, 2024

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Economics}

“Free will denial is a cornerstone of materialist–determinist ideology,” wrote Dr. Michael Egnor here in February 2024. The deniers say we are “purely physical machines, meat robots.” Dr. Egnor cited well-known people who have prominently denied humans have free will. Dr. Egnor challenged deniers to demonstrate through their own actions that they truly have no free will. They will fail for Dr. Egnor’s stated reasons, plus one more: economics. The science of economics describes the behaviors of individual humans as they pursue their lives. Economics has discovered certainties, such as the Law of Supply and Demand, that describe how people produce, consume, trade, save, invest, and anticipate the future. Economics succeeds because it grasps certain universal truths about free-will, non-material, Read More ›

Corporate business people working in busy marketing office space, planning strategy in books and reading email on laptop at work. Businessman, businesswoman and workers at startup advertising company

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Peter Biles
Date
February 19, 2024

Categorized
Economics

Tagged
arthur brooks, David Bahnsen, economics, Genesis, Imago Dei, mind and matter, money, superabundance, Work}

Full-Time: Why We Need More Creative Productivity, Not Less

_{A new book shows how we lost the meaning of work and the ways we can get back on track.} _{Peter Biles
February 19, 2024

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Economics}

Bahnsen subscribes to the classical view of economics that prizes production over consumption. Read More ›

Concept Of Digital Wallet And Bitcoins On Printed Circuit Board. Bitcoins Spill Out Of The Pink Curved Smartphone.

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News
Date
October 30, 2023

Categorized
Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Crypto, FTX, Law, money, Sam Bankman-Fried}

The FTX Trial is Heating Up

_{Convicted for fraud, the former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to offload the blame. But a key witness weakens his case.} _{News
October 30, 2023

2

Cryptocurrency}

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is underway in Manhattan. Investors in FTX lost billions of dollars earlier this year, but Bankman-Fried is denying alleged fraud and misuse of funds. However, prosecutors are accusing him of systematically stealing those funds and channeling them unto personal means. A bombshell witness, Caroline Ellison, Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend and a “top executive” in his business, took the stand earlier this month and supported the criticisms of the prosecution. David Gura writes for NPR, Though other former top executives at FTX businesses are testifying during the trial, Ellison was always considered the most important witness. After prosecutors first called her to the witness stand, everyone stood and faced the Read More ›

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News
Date
August 16, 2023

Categorized
Technology

Tagged
COSM, COSM 2021, economics, Inrix, money, Tech}

SPACs, IPOs, and Direct Listings

_{What are the new tools to unlock capital markets?} _{News
August 16, 2023

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Technology}

Matt McIlwain, Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group, moderates a panel on exciting new investment tools: SPACs, IPOs, and Direct Listings. Panelists include Kristin Zimmerman, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, Michael Nordtvedt, Partner at Wilson Sonsini, and Byran Mistele, CEO of INRIX. We’ve been sharing a number of lectures from past COSM conferences and other videos related to artificial intelligence and technology. This video is just one of many you can find at the Bradley Center’s YouTube page. There you’ll find several lectures, interviews, and panels dealing with issues that range from economics, Big Tech, and artificial intelligence. Notable speakers include 2022 Kyoto Prize winner Carver Mead, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, and George Gilder, co-founder of Discovery Institute and author of Life After Capitalism: The Meaning of Read More ›

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News
Date
May 30, 2023

Categorized
Cryptocurrency

Tagged
COSM, COSM 2022, cryptocurrency, Discovery Institute, George Gilder, Jay Richards, money, YouTube}

John Tamny and the Future of Money

_{Forbes editor John Tamny discusses his views on crypto and traditional forms of money at COSM 2022} _{News
May 30, 2023

1

Cryptocurrency}

The 2022 COSM conference saw a number of remarkable speakers, including winner of last year’s prestigious Kyoto Prize, Carver Mead, and Forbes editor John Tamny, who is featured in today’s highlighted video from the conference. Tamny sat down with philosopher Jay Richards to share his thoughts on the conference and his views on the future of money, especially regarding cryptocurrencies versus traditional forms. You can watch the conversation here, and can also access many other great talks and interviews on the Center’s main YouTube page.

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Peter Biles
Date
October 1, 2022

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Business and Finance

Tagged
Beauty, commercialism, Featured, Literature, Lord of the Rings, money, Story, Tolkien, Woke culture}

Tolkien’s for Sale

_{Commercializing the beloved epic fantasy comes at a cost} _{Peter Biles
October 1, 2022

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Arts & Culture, Business and Finance}

What happens when a beloved fantasy world, once respected and celebrated because it soared above the surrounding fray of decadent literature and art, becomes mainstream? What if the very work that was intended to transcend consumerism becomes the object of mass consumption? Harley J. Sims, writing for MercatorNet, believes Amazon has diluted the characteristic beauty and depth of The Lord of the Rings for the sake of mass consumption and appeal. I’ve shared my own thoughts on the new Rings of Power show in two separate pieces (here and here) for Mind Matters already, but just to recap: the show is interesting and entertaining enough to keep watching, but it’s missing something—a moral and imaginative ingredient Tolkien articulated beautifully in Read More ›

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Gary Smith
Date
February 28, 2022

Categorized
Economics

Tagged
data, Data analysis, Gary Smith, Inflation, Jay Cordes, money, Wall Street Journal}

Detecting BS Research: If It Seems Too Good to be True…

_{A recent Wall Street Journal article shows a near-perfect link between inflation and money. But a link that near-perfect raises suspicions} _{Gary Smith
February 28, 2022

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Economics}

Two Johns Hopkins economists recently wrote a Wall Street Journal opinion piece titled, “Jerome Powell Is Wrong. Printing Money Causes Inflation.” Their argument is that Federal Reserve chair Powell is mistaken in his assertions that there is not a close relationship between money and inflation. As evidence, they offer the chart below, showing that the rate of inflation can be predicted almost perfectly from the rate of increase of M2, a broad measure of money. The authors explain: The theory rests on a simple identity, the equation of exchange, which demonstrates the link between the money supply and inflation: MV=Py, where M is the money supply, V is the velocity of money (the speed at which it circulates relative to total spending), P Read More ›

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Eric Holloway
Date
January 21, 2019

Categorized
Ethics, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
ethics, money}

The Creative Spark

_{An information theory justification for the intrinsic value of human beings} _{Eric Holloway
January 21, 2019

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Ethics, Philosophy of Mind}

Because creativity is unique to humans and irreducible, all human beings have the ability in principle. The fact that a particular human being’s creativity is not in use or is perhaps unusable at present does not mean that that person does not have the ability. Consequently, all humans have at least latent intrinsic instrumental value. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 17, 2018

Categorized
Business and Finance

Tagged
bitcoin, Ethereum, money}

Why Do We Think Money Is Real?

_{It is actually a constantly shifting network of agreements to trust others} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 17, 2018

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Business and Finance}

It is actually a constantly shifting network of agreements to trust others. Maria Bustillos, editor of Ethereum’s culturemag, Popula, asks us to think about just what money is before we make up our minds about Bitcoin.

A Wallet You Can’t Feel?

_{Will Bitcoin change the rituals around money?} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 6, 2018

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Business and Finance}

It’s tempting to assume that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin will succeed because social media did. But digital doesn’t mean magic. Cryptocurrencies will work if the needs met are more significant to most people than the problems created are.