The process of becoming a commodity. Micro¬chips, for example, started out as a specialized technical innovation, costing a lot and earning their makers a high profit on each chip. Now chips are ...
A fervently free-market economic philosophy long associated with the University of Chicago. At times, especially when Keynesian economics was the orthodoxy in much of the world, the Chicago School ...
“Bah! Humbug”, was Scrooge’s opinion of charitable giving. Some economists reckon charity goes against economic rationality. Some have argued that the popularity of charitable giving is proof that ...