Does anyone want to set up a group-study course based on Prof. DeLong’s lecture notes? His past notes have been amazingly thorough. I’m actually more interested in his innovation lectures in previous semesters, but we could decide what to study as we get started.
"Plus in domestic affairs it had institutions that enabled a relatively large amount of individual freedom—the ability for people to live their own lives without being taken away at midnight by the secret police."
Some citizens with the wrong color of skin could be taken away in broad daylight. Seems that in our current day, the government is setting up to do the same for people without papers.
"As late as 1970, we had Paul Ehrlich over at Stanford saying: The Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia need to be triaged."
When I joined NASA, 1971, it was like a university with lectures we could attend. Now it is like a business.
Anyway, what I remember of that era was a talk about what would happen if the Monsoon Failed one more time in India. The lecturer was almost crying. I also remember my teenaged daughter saying because of over population she didn't want to have children. You may want to discuss how economies will adapt to falling populations.
You have posed a fascinating question, and I would immensely enjoy an answer to it. I feel that very few people appreciate the consequences of a declining population. Those of us who understand what a shrinking population can mean also understand how stupid it is to evict immigrants. Perhaps Mr. DeLong will address this problem in a later course or at least suggest some reading materials.
I would think that geographic would be the starting point. No, presently conceivable, Eurasian or African nation will ever have full access to the world's two greatest oceans in the way in which the US has.
Why is SpaceX's spaceport at Boca Chica in TX? Geography. A new one.
As a paid subscriber, Mr. DeLong, I can't tell if I am any smarter, but you have made me a more knowledgeable reader. This has made me more aware of the debts we owe to our past if we hope to understand our present situation. More than any other subject, economics explains human actions unambiguously. I am not able to attend your classes in person, so I will look forward to every installment you publish on your blog. One of my college professors said he didn't teach for the money; he taught so he might see the light go on in the eyes of just one of his students. If you feel the same way, you can rest assured that the light is on in my eyes.
Does anyone want to set up a group-study course based on Prof. DeLong’s lecture notes? His past notes have been amazingly thorough. I’m actually more interested in his innovation lectures in previous semesters, but we could decide what to study as we get started.
Luce again:
"Plus in domestic affairs it had institutions that enabled a relatively large amount of individual freedom—the ability for people to live their own lives without being taken away at midnight by the secret police."
Some citizens with the wrong color of skin could be taken away in broad daylight. Seems that in our current day, the government is setting up to do the same for people without papers.
Luce:
"As late as 1970, we had Paul Ehrlich over at Stanford saying: The Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia need to be triaged."
When I joined NASA, 1971, it was like a university with lectures we could attend. Now it is like a business.
Anyway, what I remember of that era was a talk about what would happen if the Monsoon Failed one more time in India. The lecturer was almost crying. I also remember my teenaged daughter saying because of over population she didn't want to have children. You may want to discuss how economies will adapt to falling populations.
You have posed a fascinating question, and I would immensely enjoy an answer to it. I feel that very few people appreciate the consequences of a declining population. Those of us who understand what a shrinking population can mean also understand how stupid it is to evict immigrants. Perhaps Mr. DeLong will address this problem in a later course or at least suggest some reading materials.
I wish you luck.
Re: American Exceptionalism
Geographically very exceptional.
Exceptionally lucky that the natives could not withstand Germs, Steel and Gunpowder.
I would think that geographic would be the starting point. No, presently conceivable, Eurasian or African nation will ever have full access to the world's two greatest oceans in the way in which the US has.
Why is SpaceX's spaceport at Boca Chica in TX? Geography. A new one.
I hope this becomes a book.
:-)
As a paid subscriber, Mr. DeLong, I can't tell if I am any smarter, but you have made me a more knowledgeable reader. This has made me more aware of the debts we owe to our past if we hope to understand our present situation. More than any other subject, economics explains human actions unambiguously. I am not able to attend your classes in person, so I will look forward to every installment you publish on your blog. One of my college professors said he didn't teach for the money; he taught so he might see the light go on in the eyes of just one of his students. If you feel the same way, you can rest assured that the light is on in my eyes.
“liberi”
Could the wandering minstrels be of this class? Is that why music was part of the curriculum?
I expect knowing how to do the courtly dances might be a useful skill. Knowing the customs and courtesies of the court could also be a useful skill.
Re: Accounting?
Are you and Daniel Davies secretly collaborating?