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The Evolution of Human Worth

It used to be that the strongest hunter had the most value in society. Today, the nerdy ideas man has the most worth. What happened? 

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PostedJanuary 11, 2015
AuthorIsabel Munson
Categories30-60, Finance, Food For Thought, Long-Form, Philosophy + Economics, Social Issues
TagsMedicis, Worth, Sharing Economy, human value, human worth, Peter Thiel
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The Philosophical Nature of Economics: The Lucas Critique

How is Noble award winning economist Robert Lucas similar to the philosopher Hegel? Both recogonized that policy and theory are intrinsically rooted in their time. 

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PostedSeptember 2, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesPhilosophy + Economics, 1-30, Food For Thought, Long-Form
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The Philosophical Nature of Economics: An Introduction

When you take a hard science (mathematics) and a soft science (philosophy) and mash them together, what do you get? Economics, the hardest of the soft sciences!

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PostedAugust 24, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesPhilosophy + Economics, 1-30, Food For Thought, Long-Form, Social Issues
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Food for Thought: Delineating Competition's Place in Society

I recently read an article by Will Davies that brought up an interesting question: How did mounting inequality succeed in proving culturally and politically attractive for as long...

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PostedJune 7, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesFood For Thought, Philosophy + Economics, 1-30, Social Issues
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