Pteridaboo [プターリダブー] A person who is obsessed with or romanticises ferns. Ferns and she are "one". #Pteridaboo #Neologisms [See: Pteridaboo] #MoribundInstitute #MorNeologisms

List of Guests on EconTalk in 2006 - Don Cox, Michael Munger, Skip Sauer, Alex Tabarrok, Richard Epstein, Russ Roberts, Gary Becker, Robert Barro, Rick Hanushek, John Cogan, Chris Anderson, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Milton Friedman, Ed Glaeser, Darius Lakdawalla, Larry Iannaccone, Walter Williams, Clint Bolick, Sam Peltzman, Richard Thaler, Stanley Engerman, Virginia Postrel, Bryan Caplan, Don Boudreaux, Peter Boettke #EconTalkGuests #EconTalk [See: EconTalk in 2006] #EconTalkList #EconTalkFandom Random 2006 EconTalk Episode Selection - https://www.econtalk.org/cogan-on-improving-the-health-care-system/ https://youtu.be/K-EqzF7AQc4

In Communist Romania in the 1980s, a young translator became an unlikely voice of freedom. She illicitly dubbed thousands of foreign films, distributed on VHS tapes, turning B-movie stars into heroes. #CommunistRomania #BlackMarket #VHSvsCommunism ]See: VHS vs. Communism: In Romania, a Voice of Freedom | Op-Docs | The New York Times] #Communism #ImperialistMovies #Romania https://youtu.be/vAxZ08YGzL0

Moribund Murdoch's political movement thingo to make up later September 21, 2022 - I'm thinking of creating a Talebian political movement thingo. My idea for a political movement would probably be based on the nomenclature from "the levelers" -- maybe I'll call it "The Scalers". This ideology will advocate something like subsidiarity. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/18740986-inventing-the-individual https://youtu.be/Weme4phluOQ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exagium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity #MorPolitics #TheScalers #Ideology [See: The Scalers] #PoliticalMovement #Neologisms #Politics

Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the psychology, sociology, and economics of buying and selling. Why are different transactions that seemingly make both parties better off frowned on and often made illegal? In theory, all voluntary transactions should make both parties better off. But Munger argues that some transactions are more voluntary than others. Munger lists the attributes of a truly voluntary transaction, what he calls a euvoluntary transaction and argues that when transactions are not euvoluntary, they may be outlawed or seen as immoral. Related issues that are discussed include price gouging after a natural disaster, blackmail, sales of human organs, and the employment of low-wage workers. #MichaelMunger #Exchange #EconTalk [See: Michael Munger on Exchange, Exploitation and Euvoluntary Transactions (Jun 20 2011)] #EuvoluntaryTransactions #Exploitation #Sociology https://www.econtalk.org/munger-on-exchange-exploitation-and-euvoluntary-transactions/

Author and Advertising Executive Rory Sutherland of Ogilvy talks about his book Alchemy with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Sutherland makes the case for the magic (yes, magic!) of advertising and branding in helping markets work well. This is a wide-ranging conversation on consumer choice, public policy, travel, real estate, and corporate decision-making using insights from behavioral economics and decades of experience in the world of advertising. #Advertising #Branding #Markets [See: Rory Sutherland on Alchemy] #ConsumerChoice #RorySutherland #EconTalk https://www.econtalk.org/rory-sutherland-on-alchemy/

Adam Thierer, author and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, spoke to the Wichita Pachyderm Club on the future of technology and the case for the freedom to innovate. #WichitaPachydermClub [See: Adam Thierer] #AdamThierer #Technology #Innovate https://youtu.be/antj0mm8KXo

Based on the stereotypes of their psychological attributes are libertarians more likely to be descriptivists whilst socialists are more likely to be prescriptivists?

Join the english memorists on the english front opposing the english oblivescence! #EnglishMoribundInstitute [See: English Moribund Institute] #MoribundInstitute #LearnEnglish https://www.quora.com/profile/English-Moribund-Institute

Is yellow fever a derogatory term for xenosexuals with a romantic preference for persons of Asian descent? Or is it a neutral term that could be used both lightheartedly & derogatorily depending on the circumstance? #Xenosexual [See: Xenosexuals] #YellowFever #AsianFetish P.S. Yellow fever isn't my thing, but I find it interesting. I prefer being with people who are easy to get along with. I suppose I select dating partners mostly based on their psychographic whatnot rather than their demographic whatnot.