Abstract for my paper which I presented at the Libertarian Scholars Conference, 2019: “Fast Balls and Fast Bulbs: The Cause of Reckless Yet Rational Gambling Speculation on American Baseball 1917-1919 and Dutch Tulips 1636-1637” Mr. Athanasius (Gary) Richied Focus: A historical and economic analysis of the marked similarities extant between rampant wagering on baseball and…
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Thrilled to attend the Libertarian Scholars Conference in NYC so as to present on history and economics. My paper is entitled, “Fast Balls and Fast Bulbs: The Cause of Reckless Yet Rational Gambling Speculation on American Baseball from 1917-1919 and Dutch Tulips from 1636-1637”.
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Since we are, due to our shared human nature, of equal dignity in the eyes of God, each one of us loved into existence and life of exponentially greater worth than the most brilliant star and—for that matter, the entire inanimate universe itself—I refrain today from the expected and altogether banal greetings…
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What a wormhole I opened up here! The genesis of it (pun intended) emerged from the time and season: Baseball is opening and the Players’ tournament just ended with the Masters on the horizon. My initial entry point was just to mark and compare the good, the true and the beautiful of both sports. Which…
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American history in the smallest of nutshells… The Colonial Era, Independence and Constitution, 1550-1789 After exploring North America, the Spanish, French and English engaged in a establishing colonies. Following the establishment, in a haphazard way, of ultimately thirteen unique colonies along the East Coast, the English emerged as triumphant over the French and their Indian…
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Class notes: V.I. Lenin, April Theses V.I. Lenin, cf. Speech to the Petrograd Soviet–November 7, 1917 *Say what one ought to about Bolsheviks (the mass murder, depravity and hypocrisy of the whole enterprise), but they were/are pretty good archivists–excluding of course all of the stuff (see above) they never wanted to get out…
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