Where Schumpeter was nearly Right – the Swedish Model and Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Joseph A. Schumpeter concluded that socialism would eventually displace capitalism in Western democracies. This would come about as a result of the superior performance of capitalism. Six essential elements of Schumpeter’s prediction about the fate of capitalism are confronted with the development of the Swedish economy.
Content: Article | Authors: Magnus Henrekson, Ulf Jakobsson | Source: SSE/EFI Working Paper Series | Subjects: Economics, Trends / Analysis
Various Statistics
Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy
Content: Book | Authors: Philip Evans, Thomas S. Wurster | Subjects: Economics, Management
The Pursuit of Reason: The Economist 1843-1993
Content: Book | Author: Ruth Dudley Edwards | Subject: Economics
Economists and the Financial Markets
Content: Book | Author: Brendan Brown | Subject: Economics
Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text
An overview of economics for beginners, this site is based of the lecture notes of Roger Ashton McCain III, a professor of economics at Drexel University. The text’s 31 chapters are divided into two sections which cover both Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Each chapter includes an overview and multiple choice questions to quiz users’s comprehension, and the text includes hypertext icons that lead to citations, observations, … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Author: Roger Ashton McCain III | Subjects: Economics, Education
Milken Institute Online
non-profit economic think-tank; research interests incl. corp. finance, regional economic performance & demographics, employment, education, financial institutions, and globalization; many pubs avail. in PDF for download
Content: Online Resource | Source: The Milken Institute | Subject: Economics
What Is an Economy For?
Atlantic Monthly article discusses differences between Asian and Western economic systems
Content: Article | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Economics
The Age of Social Transformation
Peter Drucker analyzes industrialization’s latest manifestations: an economic order where knowledge is the key resource; a social order where inequality based on knowledge is a major challenge; and a polity where government can’t solve social and economic problems.
Content: Article | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Economics, Social Responsibility (ESG)
How The World Works
James Fallows claims that Americans think that Adam Smith’s rules for free trade are the only legitimate ones despite evidence to the contrary from history and other economies.
Content: Article | Author: James Fallows | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Economics
Capital Access Index
Freedom’s Road
Excellent discussion of economist Friedrich Hayek’s theories of entrepreneurial capitalism vs. Keynesians
Content: Article | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Economics, Miscellaneous
Fed Beige Book
Commonly known as the Beige Book, this report is published eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book summarizes this information by District and sector.
Content: Online Resource | Source: The U.S. Federal Reserve | Subjects: Economics, Finance
Weapon of Math Destruction
A simple formula explains why the Internet is wreaking havoc on business models.
Editor’s Note: I thought a lot was left unsaid and no limits to the theory were presented (e.g. when infrastructure exists, but tools to take advantage of it by the users don’t). Nevertheless, it is an interesting concept worthy of consideration and further exploreation.
Content: Article | Author: David P. Reed | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Economics, Miscellaneous