Posts by John Benton
Preface
Our description of, and links to, the topics
Read MorePreface to Part I
Why not begin with facts and data? As it happens, that approach provides a way through wherein one can discover key functions and relations by which to understand any economy and any economic event.
Read More1. Early Economics
“Early Economics” is on the beginnings of economies. The setting is pre-history but the structure revealed is part of all economies, ancient and modern.
Read More2. Two Kinds of Work
“Two Kinds of Work” goes further and describes two kinds of work and two corresponding kinds of goods and services in any economy.
Read More3.1 – 3.2 Modern Economics
“Modern Economics” provides an ultra-brief glimpse of two kinds of supply and demand and financial structures in modern exchange economies.
Read More5.1 – 5.2 Getting Our Act Together
In “Getting Our Act Together,” we touch on the larger context which includes culture and economics, recovery and the possibility of (ongoing) progress.
Read More5.3 Future Economics
“Future economics” considers how we might gradually and efficiently implement new thinking and new practices in cultures and economies around the world.
Read More6. Bibliography (Part I)
References for further reading
Read MorePreface to Part II
“Elements of Economics’ New Standard Model” provides more examples and expands introductory discussion into numerous contemporary contexts.
Read More1. QC Painting and Economics’ New Standard Model
QC Painting and Economics’ New Standard Model
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