Archive for W. A. Paton
Egalit? Sheer Illusion!
Compulsory sharing is not the way to widespread economic prosperity.
1Mar1979 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedAncient Fable Retold
Concerning the basics of an introductory course in economics.
1Mar1976 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedSignificance of Services Hiring and Firing
Concerning the economic importance of personal services and the pricing of them.
1Jan1975 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedThe "Social Security" Mirage Current Production Paramount
Unless production can be increased through saving and investment, there’s little future in it.
1Mar1974 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Gullible Society
A careful review of the economic folly rampant today and some of the contributing factors, with a view toward correction.
1Jan1974 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedCompetition What and When
Concerning the nature of competition and the fallacies and misunderstandings that gathered around it.
1Jun1973 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedBack to Basics – Fable of the Berry Pickers
An expert recurs to basic principles for light on some of today’s complex problems.
1Dec1972 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | Continued5 Degrees Above Zero
A preview of the prospects should we be governed entirely by the collectors of garbage.
1Oct1972 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedWho Is the Marginal Producer?
The first to withdraw unless conditions improve is not necessarily foretold by the firm’s balance sheet.
1Mar1972 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedCan We Sustain Prosperity?
Have Americans so softened, in their affluence, that they can no longer negotiate the free man’s path to progress?
1Jan1972 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Protesters
When demand is the only consideration, regardless of supply.
1Jan1971 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedThe E’s Have It
A perceptive presentation of the case for efficiency and equity in personal performance.
1Feb1970 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedAn Inquiry Concerning Inequality
Variations in nature and in the nature of man point to the blessings of diversity.
1Jan1969 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | ContinuedSome Reflections on Education
And in the same let’s-be-practical vein, America’s master accountant and economist, W. A. Paton, calls for a careful balancing of the cultural and the vocational.
1Dec1967 | W. A. Paton | 0 comments | Continued-
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