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Book talk:Universally Preferable Behaviour

2010-12-01T16:50:42Z

Portuguese:

The full text of a book by a living author? This is probably not the best use of the Mises wiki. It certainly is not what users expect of this service. We might need to formulate some rules governing issues like this. --[[User:Jatucker|Jatucker]] 08:14, 1 December 2010 (CST)

I do agree with Jatucker. This should not be a repository of books.
Also the use of expressions in the first person is not in the spirit of the site, IMHO.
[[User:Portuguese|Portuguese]] 10:50, 1 December 2010 (CST)

== Copyright status ==

What is the copyright status of this work? I'm looking at the pdf version [http://www.freedomainradio.com/free/books/FDR_2_PDF_UPB.pdf] and I see:
:Universally Preferable Behaviour: A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics, Copyright 2007 by Stefan Molyneux. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
If this is the case, we definitely can't host it here. And Stefan can't say "Sure, it's okay to put it on Mises Wiki" – he would need to specifically say that he releases it under the CC-BY-3.0 license and waives all rights not protected by that license. --[[User:Forgottenman|Forgottenman]] ([[User talk:Forgottenman|talk]]) 10:18, 1 December 2010 (CST)

David Ricardo

2010-11-28T01:12:52Z

Portuguese:

'''David Ricardo''' (19 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was one of the most influential English classical political economists. He was also a member of Parliament, businessman and financier.

Perhaps his most important contributions were the law of [[Comparative Advantage]], a fundamental argument in favour of free trade among countries and of specialization among individuals, and the [[Ricardian Equivalence]], an argument suggesting that in some circumstances a government's choice of how to pay for its spending (i.e., whether to use tax revenue or issue debt and run a deficit) might have no effect on the economy.

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:David Ricardo|David Ricardo]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Ricardo.html David Ricardo] on the The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
* [http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1395&Itemid=27 The Works of David Ricardo], 1846, from the Online Library of Liberty
* [http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/159 The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo (Sraffa edition) 11 vols] at the Online Library of Liberty
* [http://mises.org/humanaction/chap8sec4.asp The Ricardian Law of Association] from the [[Human Action]] by Ludwig von Mises
* [http://mises.org/daily/2802 Meeting Ricardo in the Stables] by Susan Hogarth, December 2007

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David Ricardo

2010-11-28T01:12:24Z

Portuguese:

'''David Ricardo''' ([[19 April]] 1772 – 11 September 1823) was one of the most influential English classical political economists. He was also a member of Parliament, businessman and financier.

Perhaps his most important contributions were the law of [[Comparative Advantage]], a fundamental argument in favour of free trade among countries and of specialization among individuals, and the [[Ricardian Equivalence]], an argument suggesting that in some circumstances a government's choice of how to pay for its spending (i.e., whether to use tax revenue or issue debt and run a deficit) might have no effect on the economy.

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:David Ricardo|David Ricardo]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Ricardo.html David Ricardo] on the The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
* [http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1395&Itemid=27 The Works of David Ricardo], 1846, from the Online Library of Liberty
* [http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/159 The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo (Sraffa edition) 11 vols] at the Online Library of Liberty
* [http://mises.org/humanaction/chap8sec4.asp The Ricardian Law of Association] from the [[Human Action]] by Ludwig von Mises
* [http://mises.org/daily/2802 Meeting Ricardo in the Stables] by Susan Hogarth, December 2007

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Austrian Economics Wiki:Anniversaries/April 19

2010-11-28T01:10:36Z

Portuguese:

'''[[April 19]]''' ([http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MisesWiki:Anniversaries/April_19&action=edit add]):
*[[1772]] – [[David Ricardo]], British Economist, was born.
*[[1775]] – [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] soldiers attempting to confiscate arms in [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], [[Massachusetts]] were [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|defeated]] by [[militia]].
*[[1943]] – [[Germany|German]] troops invaded the [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising|Warsaw Ghetto]], but [[Jew]]ish insurgents held them off for nearly a month.
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Austrian Economics Wiki:Anniversaries/April 13

2010-11-28T00:58:17Z

Portuguese:

'''[[April 13]]''' ([http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MisesWiki:Anniversaries/April_13&action=edit add]):
*[[1743]] – [[Thomas Jefferson]], third [[President of the United States|president]] of the [[United States]], was born.
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Austrian Economics Wiki:Anniversaries/April 27

2010-11-28T00:58:02Z

Portuguese:

'''[[April 27]]''' ([http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MisesWiki:Anniversaries/April_27&action=edit add]):
*[[1861]] – [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] suspended the [[Habeas Corpus|writ of ''habeas corpus'']] in [[Maryland]] and elsewhere, in order to quell riots and prevent Maryland from seceding.
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Austrian Economics Wiki:Anniversaries/April 5

2010-11-28T00:57:44Z

Portuguese:

'''[[April 5]]''' ([http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MisesWiki:Anniversaries/April_5&action=edit add]):
*[[1933]] – [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] issued an executive order prohibiting the private ownership of [[gold]].
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Austrian Economics Wiki:Anniversaries/April 12

2010-11-28T00:57:03Z

Portuguese:

'''[[April 12]]''' ([http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MisesWiki:Anniversaries/April_12&action=edit add]):
*[[1861]] – [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers fired on [[South Carolina]]'s [[Fort Sumter]] after [[United States Army|U. S. Army]] troops refused to abandon the fort and the state, thereby starting the [[War Between the States]].
*[[2009]] – After several years of severe [[hyperinflation]], the [[Zimbabwean dollar]] was officially abandoned.
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Austrian Economics Wiki:Anniversaries/August 20

2010-11-28T00:54:18Z

Portuguese:

'''[[August 20]]''' ([http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MisesWiki:Anniversaries/August_20&action=edit add]):
*[[1935]] – [[Ron Paul]], US Congressman and Presidential Candidate in 1988 and 2008, was born.
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Austrian Economics Wiki:Anniversaries/August 20

2010-11-28T00:53:48Z

Portuguese: Created page with "'''August 20''' ([http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MisesWiki:Anniversaries/August_20&action=edit add]): *1743 – [[Ron Pau..."

'''[[August 20]]''' ([http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MisesWiki:Anniversaries/August_20&action=edit add]):
*[[1743]] – [[Ron Paul]], US Congressman and Presidential Candidate in 1988 and 2008, was born.
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User:Portuguese

2010-11-24T15:09:08Z

Portuguese:

I am quite noob to these "Wikipedia style" pages, but this does not look like rocket-science, so I hope I can be of some help in improving Mises Wiki a bit here and there.

You may give me some pieces of advice, as I accept them quite openly and I always learn something on the process.

[[User:Portuguese|From Portugal, Ricardo Campelo de Magalhaes]] 06:40, 24 November 2010 (CST)

User:Portuguese

2010-11-24T15:08:19Z

Portuguese:

I am quite noob to these "Wikipedia style" pages, but this does not look like rocket-science, so I hope I can be of some help in improving Mises Wiki a bit here and there.

You may give me some pieces of advice, as I accept them quite openly and always learn something on the process.

[[User:Portuguese|From Portugal, Ricardo Campelo de Magalhaes]] 06:40, 24 November 2010 (CST)

User:Portuguese

2010-11-24T15:07:26Z

Portuguese:

I am quite noob to this "Wikipedia style" pages, but this does not seem like rock-science, so I hope I can be of some help in improving Mises Wiki a bit here and there.

You may give me some pieces of advice, as I accept them quite openly and always learn something on the process.

[[User:Portuguese|From Portugal, Ricardo Campelo de Magalhaes]] 06:40, 24 November 2010 (CST)

Austrian Economics Wiki:WikiProject Economic History

2010-11-24T13:04:28Z

Portuguese: /* Members */

Welcome to the '''Economic History''' WikiProject! The aim of this project is to create a solid overview of the world's history, with a special focus on economic conditions and development of economic thinking.


==Goals==
* The ultimate aspiration of this project is to make MisesWiki an authoritative guide to economic history.
* The goal of this project is to provide a forum for discussion of economic history, and to create and improve articles related to this field.

==Editing guidelines==
* Use the most reliable and authoritative resources available.
* Link to Wikipedia articles, when they offer a good alternative overview of the topic, but do not copy content from it.
* Various theories and viewpoints should be represented, with a focus on the [[Austrian School|Austrian]] tradition of historical research and freedom.

==Vital pages==
The following pages are crucial to this project, please consider expansions and improvements:
* [[History of money and banking]]
* [[History of money and banking in the US]]
* [[Inflations]]
* [[Great Depression]]
* [[Great Recession]]

==Open tasks==
* Improve the article '''[[Inflation in the Weimar Republic]]''' so that it can be featured on the main page.
* Create a fancy graphic for the project, and a template the members can add to their pages.
* Find an effective way to agree on the [[Special:WantedPages|most wanted]] articles on economic history - for now, the [[MisesWiki talk:WikiProject Economic History|Talk page]] should serve for this purpose.

==Members==
'''If you would like to be a member of the project, sign your name below, after the last signee, with <nowiki>"# ~~~~"</nowiki> (four ''tildes'').

# [[User:Pestergaines|Pestergaines]] 05:44, 20 November 2010 (CST)
# '''[[User:Catalan|JonCatalán]]'''[[User talk:Catalan|(Talk)]] 22:00, 21 November 2010 (CST)
#[[User:Portuguese|From Portugal, Ricardo Campelo de Magalhaes]] 07:04, 24 November 2010 (CST)

[[Category:WikiProjects|Economic History]]

User:Portuguese

2010-11-24T12:40:03Z

Portuguese: Created page with "I quite noob to this Wikipedia style pages, but this does not seem like rock-science, so I hope I can be of some help in improving Mises Wiki a bit here and there. You may give ..."

I quite noob to this Wikipedia style pages, but this does not seem like rock-science, so I hope I can be of some help in improving Mises Wiki a bit here and there.

You may give me some pieces of advice, as I accept them quite openly and always learn something on the process.

[[User:Portuguese|From Portugal, Ricardo Campelo de Magalhaes]] 06:40, 24 November 2010 (CST)

Austrian Economics Wiki talk:WikiProject Economic History

2010-11-24T12:36:36Z

Portuguese: /* Inflation in the Weimar Republic */

==Inflation in the Weimar Republic==
: I've added a bunch of statistics to the [[Inflation in the Weimar Republic|article]] and can add some more, but the article could use some more human perspective on the effects of the inflation. For now, it mostly says, "it was bad". There's got to be more to be said about a hyperinflation. [[User:Pestergaines|Pestergaines]] 17:25, 23 November 2010 (CST)

: Agreed. I will help you as I can. I hope in the end I will have a link that I can quickly send to others and just say: "Just read this and you'll know what I mean"! [[User:Portuguese|Portuguese]] 06:35, 24 November 2010 (CST)

Talk:Laissez faire

2010-11-24T12:23:29Z

Portuguese:

should we just copy wikipedias page on this or is laissez faire much different in this context?
: While in general I'm for creating pages from the scratch, for once the [[Wikipedia:Laissez-faire|Wikipedia page]] seems to be really good about the subject. Guess we could copy this one - any other opinions? [[User:Pestergaines|Pestergaines]] 04:34, 24 November 2010 (CST)
: Several pages could be done that way, and then edited to "correct" usual mainstream "points of view". Is there any problem in using Wikipedia articles as basis? [[User:Portuguese|Portuguese]] 06:22, 24 November 2010 (CST)

Comparative advantage

2010-11-24T03:15:20Z

Portuguese: Added basic info. Still in stub status.

Comparative Advantage refers to the ability of an entity (individual, company, or country) to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than another one.
It is the ability to produce a product with an highest relative efficiency than one's trade partner, given all the other products that could be produced. It can be contrasted with Absolute Advantage which refers to the ability of one to produce a particular good or service at a lower absolute cost than another.
For example, if country A can produce 50 cars or 1000 watches and country B can produce 200 cars or 2000 watches, it maximizes aggregate production if country A produce watches and country B produce cars, allowing for consumptions to jump from A (25, 500) and B (100, 1000) to, for example:
No trade) A (0, 1000) and B (150, 500)
1) A (50, 500) and B (100, 1000) - B sells 50 cars for 500 watches
2) A (25, 500) and B (125, 1000) - B sells 25 cars for 500 watches

Comparative advantage explains how trade can create value for both parties even when one can produce all goods with fewer resources than the other. The net benefits of such an outcome are called gains from trade. It is the main concept of the pure theory of international trade.

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Ricardian Equivalence

2010-11-24T01:42:11Z

Portuguese:

The Ricardian Equivalence proposition suggests consumers internalise the government's budget deficit or surplus. Consequently, it does not matter whether a government finances its spending with debt or tax increases, the effect on the total level of demand in an economy is the same.
In simple terms, when a government incurs in a deficit to increase aggregate demand, consumers expect a raise in future taxes and save more, thus rendering the policy ineffective.

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David Ricardo

2010-11-24T01:41:39Z

Portuguese:

Ricardian Equivalence

2010-11-24T01:39:21Z

Portuguese: Added a basic description of the proposition. Still lacks an Austrian and a Keynesian critique.

IREF

2010-11-23T04:31:50Z

Portuguese: Minor changes to formatting.

Institut de Recherches Économiques et Fiscales (IREF) is an European [[think-tank]] that aims to influence the public discussion about economic policy, with the help of rigorous analysis and empirical evidence, in the direction of the free-market.

IREF proposals for regulated [[European Union]] include:
- Introduction of a [[Flat Tax]] at unique 15% rate
- Offer to the employees the possibility to see all the taxes and social contributions on their pay slip
- Individual accounts for the social security and pension funds
- Abolition of all the remaining impediments to free competition – duties, financial and trade regulation etc.
- Reduce public spending and the size of the State
- Abolition of “green” taxation

[http://irefeurope.org/en/ IREF site]

IREF

2010-11-23T04:29:08Z

Portuguese: Creation of the article. Just basic info from IREF English site.

Institut de Recherches Économiques et Fiscales (IREF) is an European think-tank that aims to influence the public discussion about economic policy, with the help of rigorous analysis and empirical evidence, in the direction of the free-market.

IREF proposals for regulated Europe include:
- Introduction of a flat tax at unique 15% rate
- Offer to the employees the possibility to see all the taxes and social contributions on their pay slip
- Individual accounts for the social security and pension funds
- Abolition of all the remaining impediments to free competition – duties, financial and trade regulation etc.
- Reduce public spending and the size of the State
- Abolition of “green” taxation

[http://irefeurope.org/en/ IREF site]

David Ricardo

2010-11-23T03:06:01Z

Portuguese:

David Ricardo (19 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was one of the most influential English classical political economists. He was also a member of Parliament, businessman and financier.
Perhaps his most important contributions were the law of [[Comparative Advantage]], a fundamental argument in favour of free trade among countries and of specialisation among individuals, and the [[Ricardian Equivalence]], an argument suggesting that in some circumstances a government's choice of how to pay for its spending (i.e., whether to use tax revenue or issue debt and run a deficit) might have no effect on the economy.

David Ricardo

2010-11-23T03:03:48Z

Portuguese: Added basic info and contributions. Information edited based on Wikipedia textes.

David Ricardo (19 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was one of the most influential English classical political economists. He was also a member of Parliament, businessman and financier.
Perhaps his most important contributions were the law of comparative advantage, a fundamental argument in favour of free trade among countries and of specialisation among individuals, and the Ricardian Equivalence, an argument suggesting that in some circumstances a government's choice of how to pay for its spending (i.e., whether to use tax revenue or issue debt and run a deficit) might have no effect on the economy.