domingo, 30 de diciembre de 2007

Menger y Mises



En este articulo de Jörg Guido Hülsmann en Mises.org se comenta como uno de los hechos relevantes de coincidencia de Menger y Mises vs otros economistas es su formulación de la ciencia económica apartir de unos principios aprioristicos generales universales y no modificables.

In later works, Mises would modify, generalize, and qualify Menger's views. In particular, he became famous for his interpretation of the epistemological status of the propositions of economic science, that is, for his claim that these propositions are true on a priori grounds and therefore cannot be verified or refuted by the evidence of the senses. But these claims were attempts to clarify the position that Mises had inherited from Menger. The difference between Menger's Aristotelian rhetoric and the Kantian phrasing used by Mises is glaring, but the difference is mainly rhetorical

The principal thread of continuity between Menger and Mises is an adherence to the same scientific program of developing economic theory as a descriptive discipline, distinct from other descriptive disciplines such as biology or history. Both Menger and Mises believed that their theories described certain general features of human action that exist and operate at all times and places. This is what set them fundamentally apart from Wieser and Schumpeter, and this is what still sets Mengerian economists apart from all other economists.

Importante el matiz:

In Menger´s approach, "value" cannot be independent of the specific circumstances of time and space; it is inseparable from these circumstances and means different things in different economic settings. According to Gossen, Jevons, and Walras, the amount of "utility" derived from a good could be different in different situations, but according to Menger, the entire basis of value is different as soon as the economic context changes — because the good would then be compared to different other goods.

sábado, 29 de diciembre de 2007

Como se llamaba el moreno de Wham?

Otro vídeo clásico ... de la época navideña



El moreno se llamaba ... Andrew Ridgeley ... aparte del archi-conocido George Michael

WIkipedia lo sabe todo de Wham

Fatboy Slim - Praise you!

Un vídeo clásico de los de siempre ...

viernes, 28 de diciembre de 2007

Foo Fighters - The pretender

Aquí está uno de los últimos vídeos de Foo Fighters!!

Mola un montón, no lo puedes para de var, tienen su propio canal en YouTube y lo que no entiendo es porque no dejan hacer un embed!

El vídeo está en: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKhnmUdmz74

La canción en una actuación en directo:



p.d. me tuve que enterar de rebote por Flymusic (molan!) que estaba ya su nuevo album, snif, snif,

martes, 18 de diciembre de 2007

La constante universal es el cambio!

Change is constant in life.
Mind should accord with changes.
Do not use yersterday's mind to perceive today's happenings.

Zhuang Zi

–¡Ahora, ahora! –gritó la Reina–. ¡Más rápido, más rápido!

Y fueron tan rápido que al final parecía como si estuviesen deslizándose por los aires, sin apenas tocar el suelo con los pies; hasta que de pronto, cuando Alicia ya creía que no iba a poder más, pararon y se encontró sentada en el suelo, mareada y casi sin poder respirar. La Reina la apoyó contra el tronco de un árbol y le dijo amablemente:

–Ahora puedes descansar un poco.

Alicia miró alrededor suyo con gran sorpresa.–Pero ¿cómo? ¡Si parece que hemos estado bajo este árbol todo el tiempo! ¡Todo está igual que antes!

–¡Pues claro que sí! –convino la Reina–. Y ¿cómo si no?

–Bueno, lo que es en mi país –aclaró Alicia, jadeando aún bastante– cuando se corre tan rápido como lo hemos estado haciendo y durante algún tiempo, se suele llegar a alguna otra parte…

–¡Un país bastante lento! –replicó la Reina–. Lo que es aquí, como ves, hacefalta correr todo cuanto una pueda para permanecer en el mismo sitio. Si sequiere llegar a otra parte hay que correr por lo menos dos veces más rápido.


martes, 11 de diciembre de 2007

Es importante sentirse bien con uno mismo

El sobre llevar el día a día es importante, sobre todo sintiéndose a gusto con lo que uno hace!

Viktor Frankl hablo de algo parecido rememorando circunstancias mucho peores esto en un libro maravilloso ... El hombre en busca del sentido de la vida

La cita clásica de deeshan...
I feel good to be where I am and where I live now.
My feeling good does not depend on the people I am with nor on the place where I live.
My feeling good is a space within myself which is always present.
I carry it everywhere I go, therefore I am free and contented wherever I am.

Dharma - www.deeshan.com

lunes, 10 de diciembre de 2007

El 40% de nuestro sueldo acaba en el bolsillo del Estado

Uuups con una rebaja del 5% me conformaba

"Todo ser humano responde a incentivos. Durante todos estos años el Gobierno ha incentivado la ociosidad, la baja producción y la irresponsabilidad laboral. Si el Gobierno se dedica a robar nuestra producción mediante impuestos (el 40% de nuestro sueldo acaba en el bolsillo del Estado), no sólo nos empobrece, sino que crea importantes residuos insalvables."

Visto en Libertad Digital - Jorge Valín - Responsabilidad individual para reducir el paro

domingo, 9 de diciembre de 2007

Fernando ha escrito en Mises.org!!!!


Europe's Internet Troubles
By Fernando Herrera González

Internet access is one of the main drivers for economic and social development. No wonder that the wide availability of broadband access, as one of the main indicators of technology advancement of the economy, is shaping the agenda of governments. Everyone demands broadband access

La inflación

Mal asunto... los agregados monetarios crecen sin control y en algun momento habrá que pasar la resaca.

What people today call inflation is not inflation, i.e., the increase in the quantity of money and money substitutes, but the general rise in commodity prices and wage rates which is the inevitable consequence of
inflation. (Mises, Planning for Freedom, 79)

New money that enters the economy does not affect all economic actors equally nor does new money influence all economic actors at the same time. Newly created money must enter into the economy at a specific point. Generally this monetary injection comes via credit expansion through the banking sector. Those who receive this new money first benefit at the expense of those who receive the money only after it has snaked through the economy and prices have had a chance to adjust.

Visto en Mises.org


Control or Economic Law - Mises Institute


Si es que lo que no puede ser, no puede ser.


"Just as natural phenomena are governed by immutable eternal laws, quite independent of human will and human laws, so in the sphere of economics there exist certain laws against which the will of man, and even the powerful will of the state, remain impotent; and that the flow of economic forces cannot, by artificial interference of societal control, be driven out of certain channels into which it is inevitably pressed by the force of economic laws."

viernes, 7 de diciembre de 2007

Bands, Free Music, and a Web 2.0 Driven Site

Jamiroquai has a new website that’s targeting the web 2.0 crowd. Groovy. I must admit that I’m a Jamiroquai fan, and I’m pretty happy with the changes made to the band’s website. There’s a new focus on music videos, along with music. An adoption of viral content management includes the use of YouTube for video display, instead of the thumbnail offering that adorned the previous version of th site. More interaction by fans (I mean, users) lets you participate more on the site, and take more from the site as well.

The whole purpose of a music artist or group participating in web 2.0 culture is the act of viral promotion and integrating with existing social networks. And that means widgets. True, this is something that most artists and bands have already taken advantage of, but let’s look at the whole picture. Jamiroquai has done a complete overhaul and has adopted pretty much every social networking tool out there, including RSS, and online marketing.

Visto en Mashable http://mashable.com/2007/12/06/jamiroquai-relaunch/

domingo, 2 de diciembre de 2007

Hay que pensar ...


"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. George Bernard Shaw"

No hay que agradar a todo el mundo


I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby