Monday, 17 August 2020

After Covid 19 the Jobs coming back will not be the same as the Jobs lost. Structural Unemployment anyone?

Article from the CBC.

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Adam Smith as a Development Economist

Interesting view on Adam Smith as a Development Economist and topical regarding his views on colonialism and slavery (spoiler he argued against both)

From the Conversable Economist.

William Easterly's article.

For those that want to see the original An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations By Adam Smith

Article on Adam Smith and Slavery

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Free Ebooks

While Libraries are closed you might find some of these sources for free ebooks useful.

Manybooks.net Lots of free books. Some recent but many classics are here.

SpearfishLake.com Collection of books written by Wes Boyd (an American Journalist, Newspaperman and Author) - stories about ordinary people in the United States covering a wide range of characters. Highly recommended

Lois McMaster Bujold - Author

If you are looking for a good book to read I can recommend anything by Lois McMaster Bujold. Her Vorkosigan Saga (mostly about Miles but including other) is a well know Science Fiction classic. I can also recommend her Fantasy books including the Sharing Knife series and the World of the 5 Gods series. Check out her books in the Garibaldi School Library .

Lois McMaster Bujold is one of the most honored writers in the fields of science fiction and fantasy, having won five Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Her second novel, The Warrior's Apprentice, introduced young Miles Vorkosigan, one of the most popular characters in science fiction. In 2011, she was awarded the Skylark Award for her significant contribution to science fiction. The mother of two, she lives in Minneapolis.