Author name: Lynne Kiesling

History of Economic Thought Course Video: John Stuart Mill

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Lynne Kiesling [vimeo 67140603 w=500 h=281] You may know John Stuart Mill the utilitarian philosopher, the JS Mill of On Liberty and of Utilitarianism. You may know him as the philosopher who can’t hold his shandy in the Monty Python philosopher’s song. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_WRFJwGsbY] What you may not know is how important an economist Mill was. …

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Friday Music Fun: Radar Vs. Wolf

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Lynne Kiesling Some Friday fun listening from Nashville-based Radar vs. Wolf, a video from their debut album! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qOc9y0gR3Oc] Radar vs. Wolf singer/songwriter James Bratton recently wrote a post on Bleeding Heart Libertarians articulating his particular take on political philosophy, and it’s a take I find congenial. Especially this part: Why would I give them the …

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Course Video 3: David Ricardo on Rent and on Trade

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Lynne Kiesling [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/66335887 w=500&h=281] David Ricardo: Principles of Political Economy & Taxation from Lynne Kiesling on Vimeo. You may know David Ricardo for his pioneering analysis of comparative advantage as the foundation of mutually beneficial specialization and trade. Ricardo’s work goes farther and deeper than that, exploring (among other things) the determinants of rent …

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Course Video 1: Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments

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Lynne Kiesling For the past few months I’ve been working with some talented and creative folks at Northwestern University Academic Technologies to produce some videos for use in my History of Economic Thought course. Over the next few weeks I’ll be releasing them here, and they will be available on my Vimeo page. Please distribute …

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Planet Money’s T-shirt Project

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Lynne Kiesling [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYO3tOqDISE] Are you a fan of Leonard Read’s I, Pencil (see video above)? Hayek’s argument the “The Use of Knowledge in Society” about how prices coordinate the decisions of anonymous individuals with diffuse private knowledge? Adam Smith’s tale of the making of a woollen coat? Pietra Nivoli’s book on the global travels of …

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Nest and Technology-service Bundling

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Lynne Kiesling Nest’s recent business developments are refreshing and promising. Building on the popularity of its elegant and easy-to-use learning thermostat in its first couple of years, Nest is introducing new Nest-enabled services to automate changes in settings and energy use in the home. Called Rush Hour Rewards and Seasonal Savings, Nest claims: Rush Hour …

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