Comments on: Wealth of Nations http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html Dispatches from a Small Business Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:21:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Estate Legacy Vaults Blog http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html/comment-page-1#comment-1048 Estate Legacy Vaults Blog Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:32:28 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html #comment-1048 <strong>Wealth from Minds</strong> <p> From the year 1000 to the year 1700, the world's wealth, measured in GDP per capita, was virtually unchanged....  So sayeth Coyote Blog Today's wealth, and everything that goes with it (from shorter work hours to longer life spans) is the resu... Wealth from Minds

From the year 1000 to the year 1700, the world’s wealth, measured in GDP per capita, was virtually unchanged….  So sayeth Coyote Blog Today’s wealth, and everything that goes with it (from shorter work hours to longer life spans) is the resu…

]]> By: Daran http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html/comment-page-1#comment-1046 Daran Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:20:27 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html #comment-1046 <p>You could say the natural resource of the Netherlands are the three major rivers Rhine, Maas and Waal. Rivers used to be major factors in trade patterns. <br /> The threat of flooding (both by the sea and these rivers) forced the people of the Netherlands to organize themselves.</p> <p><br /> But I agree with your thesis that it takes both freedom and the rule of law to create wealth.</p> You could say the natural resource of the Netherlands are the three major rivers Rhine, Maas and Waal. Rivers used to be major factors in trade patterns.
The threat of flooding (both by the sea and these rivers) forced the people of the Netherlands to organize themselves.

But I agree with your thesis that it takes both freedom and the rule of law to create wealth.

]]> By: yeah whatever http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html/comment-page-1#comment-1047 yeah whatever Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:33:04 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html #comment-1047 <strong>Carnival of the Vanities #134 years in the making</strong> Here's Carnival of the Vanities #134. My sack of goodies is positively groaning (regular readers will know that's often the case at Zen Manors). Okay, I did think about a clever format. Really. And what I came up with was exactly the same post I d... Carnival of the Vanities #134 years in the making

Here’s Carnival of the Vanities #134. My sack of goodies is positively groaning (regular readers will know that’s often the case at Zen Manors).

Okay, I did think about a clever format. Really. And what I came up with was exactly the same post I d…

]]> By: Ashish Hanwadikar http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html/comment-page-1#comment-1045 Ashish Hanwadikar Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:57:03 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/04/wealth_of_natio.html #comment-1045 <p>Even if there are "natural" resources available (like say water, land etc.) we still need to apply our brains to make use of them. To take just a simple example, what is more useful: more matter or knowledge of E = mc2 equation.</p> <p>The utility that we receive from nature can be multiptle millions times by application of our minds!</p> Even if there are “natural” resources available (like say water, land etc.) we still need to apply our brains to make use of them. To take just a simple example, what is more useful: more matter or knowledge of E = mc2 equation.

The utility that we receive from nature can be multiptle millions times by application of our minds!

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