oikonomia

management of the household (community, society, humanity & biosphere) so as to increase its value to all members over the long run
oikos: household; and nomos: rules

Economics, social science concerned with the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption
of goods and services. Economists focus on the way in which individuals, groups, business enterprises,
and governments seek to achieve efficiently any economic objective they select. Other fields of study
also contribute to this knowledge: Psychology and ethics try to explain how objectives are formed;
history records changes in human objectives; sociology interprets human behavior in social contexts.
-Encarta

T12
Eeyore ponders a new career.
"Actually," Eeyore continued, "I'm thinking about a new career myself - personal growth and whatnot, and et ceteras, you know. I'm considering becoming an economist. Actually I didn't think of that myself. Owl suggested that I might be suited for it. He said someone called Thomas Carlyle said economics was the Dismal Science. That sounds most interesting."
-Winnie-the-Pooh On Success by Roger E. Allen & Stephen D. Allen

Friday, July 28

XL Americans too fat for X-rays

...it represents a business opportunity for equipment makers and hospitals.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14029080/

JS

posted by t12cjc | 10:47 pm | 0 comments

Tuesday, July 25

The Chocolate War

Can schools successfully ban candy? An economist doubts it.
http://www.slate.com/id/2145932/?GT1=8307

Bring Pocky back. Before I start a black market in the canteen. ;)

JS

posted by t12cjc | 4:12 pm | 0 comments

Sunday, July 9

Fewer Women in Labour Force

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13743398?GT1=8307
After rising for decades, participation rate is down.

posted by t12cjc | 11:25 pm | 0 comments

Saturday, July 8

Europe's Lakes of Wine

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13751660/?GT1=8307

aggressive marketing by some new world producers like Australia
+ improved production techniques in others like North America
+ exports from France have gone down 15 percent
+ France still produces the same amount of wine
+ French per capita drop in consumption

= a surplus wine lake – more than a billion bottles

posted by t12cjc | 2:31 pm | 0 comments