Hoppe’s CaricatureofEmpiricism http://feedly.com/k/17rcdBh In all its befuddled glory: “I would like to challenge the very starting point of the empiricists’ philosophy. There are several conclusive refutations of empiricism. I will show the empiricist distinction between empirical and analytical knowledge to be plainly false and self-contradictory. That will then lead us to developing the Austrian position on theory, history, and forecasting. This is empiricism’s central claim: … Seguir leyendo Hoppe’s Caricature of Empiricism

Toxic Inequality – NYTimes.com http://feedly.com/k/14Mow7S shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Toxic Inequality – NYTimes.com

If wehavetousefossilfuelstomanufacturerenewableplants, doesn’tthatmeanthatrenewablesareuseless? http://feedly.com/k/17rbxeZ Inthispost, MarcoRaugeimakes a fundamentalpointaboutanoftenraisedquestion: ifwehavetousefossilfuelstomanufacturerenewableplants, doesn’tthatmeanthatrenewablesareuseless? Raugei’sansweris a resounding "no". Infact, theEROEIoffossilfuelsactsas a multiplierfortheEROEIofrenewables. ItturnsoutthatifweinvesttheenergyoffossilfuelstobuildrenewableplantswegetanoverallEROEIaround 20 forphotovoltaicsandevenbetterforwind. So, that’sthewaytogoforthetimebeing, untilwegraduallyarrivetocompletelyreplacefossilfuels! (imageabovefrom "TheEnergyCollective") TheEROIandpromiseofPV (andotherrenewables). Tryingtoavoidunnecessaryinconsistencyandconfusion, andtokeepanopenmindand a balancedviewpoint. byMarcoRaugei The energy return on energy investment (acronym: EROI or EROEI) provides a numerical quantification of the benefit that the user gets out of the exploitation of an energy source, in terms of … Seguir leyendo If we have to use fossil fuels to manufacture renewable plants, doesn’t that mean that renewables are useless?

El Gobierno mantendrá el año que viene todas las subidas fiscales que ha lanzado, es decir, también las que anunció que acabarían en 2013, y prepara nuevos impuestos.  El Proyecto de Ley de medidas medioambientales y Tributarias que ya tramita el Congreso aumenta la presión fiscal sobre las empresas en otros 3.500 millones y crea el impuesto a los gases fluorados. También podría incorporar un … Seguir leyendo Más impuestos: el Gobierno busca una recaudación extra de 25.000 millones en 2014

Inmigración: “CasiningúnpaísenEuropaestanxenófobocomolosPaísesBajos” http://feedly.com/k/1b48UUo En una entrevistapara el diarioTrouw, la ministra rumana de Trabajo considera que los Países Bajos se han convertido en “racistas” y que el miedo a una inmigración masiva de rumanos y búlgaros es “exagerado”. Mariana Câmpeanu se encontraba en La Haya el 9 de septiembre con sus homólogos holandés y búlgaro con ocasión de una cumbre sobre la migración laboral, ya que … Seguir leyendo Inmigración: “Casi ningún país en Europa es tan xenófobo como los Países Bajos”

The IMFandTheEconomist (re)discoverthePrebisch-SingerHypothesis http://nakedkeynesianism.blogspot.com/2013/09/the–imf–and–economist–rediscover.html Free Exchange, one of the The Economist’s blogs, had a post recently on the secular declining prices of commodities. The post suggest that there is significant evidence in favor of the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis (PSH), based on an IMF paper (available here). Note that the notion that there is something correct about the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis is not really news. José Antonio Ocampo … Seguir leyendo The IMF and The Economist (re)discover the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis

New BookbyMonthlyReview: CapitalistGlobalization – Consequences, Resistance, andAlternatives http://feedly.com/k/1b48spo Globalization, surely one of the most used and abused buzzwords of recent decades, describes a phenomenon that is typically considered to be a neutral and inevitable expansion of market forces across the planet. Nearly all economists, politicians, business leaders, and mainstream journalists view globalization as the natural result of economic development, and a beneficial one at that. … Seguir leyendo New Book by Monthly Review: Capitalist Globalization – Consequences, Resistance, and Alternatives