The corollary to the first part of this essay’s title is also true: what you don’t see is what you don’t know – and often
Author: Homo Stupidus
The Mona Lisa is Dead
The Mona Lisa, a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, is considered to be one of the greatest artworks ever created by the living hand of
The Race of Life: The Tortoise and the Hare Revisited
I suppose that most people are familiar with the fable of the tortoise and the hare, the mythical race that was alleged to have occurred
The Myth of the Trickle-Down Effect
A common belief that is prevalent among economists, in particular free-market economists, is that, by itself, capitalism and global free trade will provide a better
Greed is Bad
In the movie Wall Street, the director sought to present to viewers a modern-day parable illustrating the harmful effects of greed. By portraying the protagonist,
The Free Market is not Free: The Grave Inefficiency of the Price Mechanism
In classical economic theory, all the participants in the economy are assumed to have perfect and complete information, at all times, about everything they need
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