#Economist

[mapsontheweb]

A map of protests in Russia that Alexei Navalny led back in 2017.

[yourdailyqueer]

Ayumi Yasutomi

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: N/A

DOB: 22 March 1963

Ethnicity: Japanese

Occupation: Economist, politician, professor

Note: The film Reiwa Uprising was made about Yasutomi's attempt to be elected and was screened at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2019.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I managed to fix the global economy and then some aliens abducted me to fix their spaceship (I'm not an economist or an engineer).

[tilbageidanmark]

The Woodcutter and the Trees

[scotianostra]

On July 17th 1790 economist, philosopher and author Adam Smith, died in Edinburgh.

Smith attended the local school where he was bought up, in Kirkcaldy, Fife before enrolling, aged 14 at Glasgow University, then a central institution in the prevailing humanist and rationalist movement which later became known as the Scottish Enlightenment. Smith cites the lively discussions led by Professor of Moral Philosophy, Francis Hutcheson, as having a profound effect on his passion for liberty, free speech and reason.

In 1740, Smith was the recipient of the Snell Exhibition, an annual scholarship allowing Glasgow University students the opportunity to take up postgraduate study at Balliol College, Oxford.

Smith’s experiences at Glasgow and Oxford were completely different. While Hutcheson had prepared his students for vigorous debate through challenging new and old ideas, at Oxford, Smith believed “the greater part of the public professors [had] given up altogether even the pretence of teaching”.

Smith was also punished for reading A Treatise of Human Nature by his later friend David Hume. Smith quit Oxford before his scholarship ended and returned to Scotland.

On his return home Adam Smith became a professor at the University of Edinburgh. It was at Edinburgh that he met David Hume.who would become one of his best friends. Over the years, Smith and Hume would discuss economics and philosophy. During this time, Smith began to formulate the ideas that would make him famous.

In 1759, Smith published The Theory of Moral Sentiments. He gained some fame for this work and was offered the job of tutor for young Duke Henry Scott. As tutor, Smith began to travel throughout much of Europe. He met many influential people including French economist Francois Quesnay and American diplomat Benjamin Franklin. Smith's theories on the economy continued to develop.

In 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. This book became the foundation of modern economics. It introduced and explained many economic concepts that are still used today. The most important idea in the book is the idea of the free market economy. This is where he proposes that the most productive economy is one that is allowed to regulate itself without government intervention.

Adam Smith died in Edinburgh, on this day in 1790. Today, he is known as the father of modern economics. The Wealth of Nations is one of the most influential books in history. Most countries throughout the world today operate a mixed economy that combines the free market described by Adam Smith with some government intervention.

[economicsresearch]

page 562 panel - But on a happy note at least I'm buried and crushed by my own photos and memories. I had a role to play in their creation. At least it's not a pile of text and images churned senselessly from the gaping maw of an AI machine. At least that. We aren't designed to sort the clutter we can produce and store for ourselves and we certainly aren't ready for a fire hose of nonsense imaginary. Even if its benign, and a lot of it won't be, at the very least we will be distracted by it, weakened, grumpy and confused. And that's a best outcome.

Also, this vacation was great.

[lawyer-wannabe]

So here is what just happened…yesterday I have done the last subject of the curriculum which means that I am free to defend my thesis in about a month from now and officially become an economist. This is so crazy and unbelievable… I didn’t even have the chance to really appreciate it or be happy about it because I am just sooo exhausted. But thinking about how the last almost 3 years came down to this moment; all the hard work, anxiety, so many hard and dark moments and some beautiful ones of course… it’s just so incredible that it’s finally over. Well, almost.. fingers crossed for my last “exam” in late June/early July 🤞

[higherentity]

[metamorphosis-000]

Dr Victoria Bateman

[mapsontheweb]

Democracy in Africa, 2022.

[yourdailyqueer]

Dag Hammarskjöld (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay / Asexual

DOB: 29 July 1905

RIP: 18 September 1961

Ethnicity: White - Swedish

Occupation: Economist, diplomat, Secretary General of the United Nations

Note: The first and only posthumous recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

The minimum wage law attacks the weakest economic actors in society and should always be opposed at all costs!

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/money/no-raising-the-minimum-wage-will-not-improve-the-cost-of-living

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[midnightfreedom]

" A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first. "

~ Chanakya