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The Toyota Production System: a milestone and revelation in human affairs, or just a rightward shift of the supply curve?

Nicholas Gruen
January 30, 2021January 30, 2021
https://youtu.be/wUpbbK104Zg About a year ago, I happened upon the video above and it reminded me of the revelation that the Toyota production system was to...
Economics and public policy Science

Science, objectivity and the separation of knowing and doing

Nicholas Gruen
January 29, 2021January 30, 2021
I. Given its astonishing success, modern minds are mesmerised by science. So much so that various disciplines adopted certain mannerisms of science in order to...
Coronavirus crisis Cultural Critique Death and taxes Democracy Economics and public policy Geeky Musings Health Humour Politics - international Social Social Policy

Are the covid lights going on in the States?

Paul Frijters
January 26, 2021January 27, 2021
An important rule in politics is that you adopt the best policies and slogans of your opponent only after you have destroyed that opponent. Till...
Coronavirus crisis Health History Innovation Medical Politics - international Politics - national Society

Can you spot the countries with high vaccinations? Or recent lockdowns?

Paul Frijters
January 20, 2021January 20, 2021
I am all for effective vaccines and have been impressed with how fast vaccines have been developed against covid, but I never expected them to...
Democracy Economics and public policy History Political theory Politics - international

History is repeating: Dennis Glover on the Capitol Hill riot

Nicholas Gruen
January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
If something can happen once, it can happen again. This is the oft-ignored first lesson of history. The second lesson is that humans usually forget...
Democracy Economics and public policy History

A brief summary of a long work – Piketty’s Capital and Ideology: by Ian McAuley

Nicholas Gruen
January 10, 2021January 10, 2021
Ian McAuley circulated the summary below and I asked him for permission to make it available here – which he agreed to. Piketty's books remind...
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Historical analogies for the covid-mania

Paul Frijters
January 8, 2021January 8, 2021
“men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses...

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