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Category Archives: Economics
Autarchy Projects: Affiliate Marketing
This post is the last in a series of blogs about autarchy (i.d. self-sufficiency) projects, which is part of The Autarkist’s focus on Epicurean economics this year. Previous blogs have focused on bartending, real estate, etc. I took an interest … Continue reading
Autarchy Project: Investing in Real Estate and AirBnB
As I said previously, this year my content will focus on Epicurean economics. As part of my learning adventures, every last Friday of the month I’ll be posting “autarchy projects” blog updates to document some of my experiments in autarchy (=self-sufficiency), … Continue reading
Free Bitcoin at Coinbase
As one of several experiments in autarchy that I’ve engaged in over recent years, I invested a little money on cryptocurrencies, and enjoyed the process of learning and writing about them. This was after the 2017 rally, so I missed … Continue reading
Happy Twentieth! On Epicurean Economics
Happy 20th to Epicureans everywhere! This month we celebrated 10 years of the GARDEN OF ATHENS: Celebration of a Decade of Pleasure, and the PEL podcast published their follow-up to the Lucretius episode (which focused on the physics), titled Epicurus on Seeking … Continue reading
Islamic Banking
At one and the same time we must philosophize, laugh, and manage our household and economics, while never ceasing to proclaim the words of true philosophy. – Epicurean Saying 41 One of the soundest aspects of Islam is the banking … Continue reading
The Tao of Bitcoin
Recently, while reading Ontology of Motion and revisiting Lucretius’ poem, the Taoist metaphor about how the nature of things is like water was in the back of my mind. While considering the way in which water and air and galaxies move in … Continue reading