The People's Economics

We all want to think ourselves different from everyone else. This is a good thing if it encourages us to produce new ideas and solutions to our...

Would we benefit from more communal living, or is the wish for privacy and to have individual control over our lives too strong. Can it be done in a...

How much effort should we put in to trying to extend our lives? Or if life extension for it's own sake shouldn't be sought, is it OK if is occurs as...

The cost/benefit calculations for healthcare sometimes use QALY's (Quality adjusted life years). But since the cost can be measured in work-hours,...

How much is the scarcity we see in the world today a result of the way we think? Is there plenty for all really, and if so how can we make sure...

Do pension funds concentrate too much on making money? Would it be better if the money went into businesses which would be useful to their investors...

Is being really rich really so much better than being comfortably off? Is money just a way of keeping score?

If we have more time for leisure in future, will we try to spend it with our children and grandchildren (and with longer lives, great-grandchildren)?...

Instead of thinking of a percentage of GDP, think of the cost of healthcare as being the time spent earning money to pay for it (or you can think of...

Is the similarity between economics and thermodynamics a case of an inappropriate attempt to ape physical science. Or can we get useful intuitions...

Can money that a successful entrepreneur be thought of as a reasonable reward for the work they do, or is it more like a bribe. If the latter, is it...

The wealth of the world keeps increasing, but many don't feel that their lives are getting any better. Why do we find it so hard to benefit from our...

Is it likely that entrepreneurs would work on behalf of a non-profit, rather than on their own behalf? If they did would they be given sufficient...