Comments on: How Much of the Economy is Friction?

By: TMLutas

TMLutas — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:28:34 +0000

I’m interested if there is a unit of economic friction, how it is measured, and how to evaluate, let’s say, a government regulation by the number of friction units that it creates.

By: Kevin Carson

Kevin Carson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:29:25 +0000

Thanks to both of you! I plan to incorporate the discussion in the second half, re distributed infrastructure and ephemeralization, into the introductory chapters of my Desktop Regulatory State book.

By: Robert Steele

Robert Steele — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:34:59 +0000

Phenomenal. Cross-posting to Phi Beta Iota. I hope you do a book with specifics, here are the twelve core policy areas that I think merit case studies:

Agriculture
Diplomacy
Economy
Education
Energy
Family
Health
Immigration
Justice/Prisons
Security
Society
Water

In The Price of Excess PriceWaterhouseCoopers documents that 50% of every health dollar is waste. I have seen similar numbers for Agriculture/Food from farm to family trash bin. I know this is a good number (worse even) for defense and intelligence.

Love what you have done–broadcasting it!

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:49:11 +0000

What a fantastic article! This build up under the statement of Nikos Salingaros that every stable sustainable system has fractal properties, where the smaller and smaller units outnumber the larger by far in numbers. Thanks for this article, as it gave me a lot of examples I can use in an article I want to write about “fractalism”.