Rethinking the Economy

If a lioness wants to catch more gazelles, she could practice sneaking up on them. She could work on her sprinting skills. In short, she could increase her odds of succeeding according to the current rules.
But if a lioness was a business, she’d have another option. She could try to get a law passed discouraging [...]

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If you want to buy a car, you can choose it yourself. Sure, you can get advice from your uncle, who’s like your own personal Car Talk (only without an off button). Or you can watch TV ads that teach you how buying the right ride will bring fun into your life and [...]

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Say you’re running a small business and you want to do right by your employees. You want to pay a good wage, offer good health care benefits, support worklife balance. But you’re swimming in an ecological niche where most of your competitors pay crappy wages and no benefits. Treating your employees better would give you [...]

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Once upon a time there was a character named Smokey the Bear. Smokey would tell children, only you can prevent forest fires. Be careful with matches and campfires, and the forest will be safe.
Turns out Smokey was wrong — you can’t prevent forest fires. You can avoid tossing a lit cigarette into a [...]

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