Upon my research on 18th and early 19th century England, I stumbled upon a process that was taking place from the 16th to the 19th century in rural England. It’s enclosure. Basically, the medieval system is, that a village has, in addition to the fields of the individual farmers, a large commons, where all the […]
Monat: Februar 2011
An Intellectual Poverty Law
Upon my research on 18th and early 19th century England, I stumbled upon a process that was taking place from the 16th to the 19th century in rural England. It’s enclosure. Basically, the medieval system is, that a village has, in addition to the fields of the individual farmers, a large commons, where all the […]
Competing against illegal copies
I was somewhat baffled about the success of Apples iTunes-Store. As I detailed in an earlier article Schwarzkopien und Marktwirtschaft in german, illegal providers of copies of works are effectively a competition to legitimate providers. In principle, they offer the same product for less money. Market says, in that case, people will acquire the cheaper […]
Lies, Damned Lies and Propaganda
Propaganda trumps scientific evidence everytime. Face it, there is nothing like propaganda, backed by some hearsay evidence and a few vivid examples. And science cannot offer anything to counter that. It used to be “Statistics” in that title-phrase, but that’s not true anymore, if it ever was. You don’t need statistics to make people believe […]