1.4.7. The Role of Institutions.

D.1. The Role of Institutions: The set of institutions prevalent at the time of Analysis is taken as given.

E.1. If it were not assumed that there are certain sets of institutions which influence transactions, or economic engagements etc, the analysis would yield results of kinds impossible to relate to in real life. For instance, one may knock out another and steal all apples from them, and in this way gain more apples at price of a punch without giving up his other resources, say Bananas. Such a transaction of saving apples and gaining Bananas cannot enter in our study as they are not how ordinary or the most frequent dealings are conducted, and are punishable by law.

While institutional subversions are observable, institutional arrangements nevertheless affect our engagements, and mitigate or lower the frequency of subversions significantly.

Reference: Chapter 04 of Robbins, L. (2007). An essay on the nature and significance of economic science.

Brainstorming: What is Importance of Attention Direction?

Brainstorming: What is Importance of Attention Direction? Notes: It is useful for every apprentice to brainstorm and organize their ideas on important topics. This helps recall, and also discover logical gaps, or other weaknesses. I have attempted to do the same here. You may use it to develop your own diagram to organize and refine your own thoughts around the question in the title. See Project Concept Maps (Slide on Concept Maps) for understanding how these diagrams were made. You may download the picture to see it full size (Left Click on the picture, and select Save As.)

2.1.0. Primacy of the Need Satiation.

D.1. Primacy of the Need Satiation: All humans strive for satiation of their Needs, and this forms the primary cause of all the variations in an Economy. Axiomatic Derivation: 1. All Humans have Needs (See Need for concept details). 2. All self aware organisms are aware of their Needs, and consequences of thwarting these Needs. 3. All self aware organisms are also organisms who wish to secure their existence . 4. All self aware organisms, following 2 and 3, strive for satiation of their Needs. 5. Humans are self aware organisms. 6. Humans being self aware strive for satiation of their Needs. 7. The sum of all such strives by various individuals form an Economy, or Market. 8. Alternatively, strive for satiation of the human needs forms the principle cause of all the variations in an Economy. 9. NOTE: For an elaboration of this, an explanation below shall be appended soon.

Brainstorming: What is Economics?

Brainstorming: What is Economics? Notes: It is useful for every apprentice to brainstorm and organize their ideas on important topics. This helps recall, and also discover logical gaps, or other weaknesses. I have attempted to do the same here. You may use it to develop your own diagram to organize and refine your own thoughts around the question in the title. See Project Concept Maps (Slide on Concept Maps) for understanding how these diagrams were made. You may download the picture to see it full size (Left Click on the picture, and select Save As.)

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