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George Gilder and Gale Pooley
April 17, 2025
Abundance
6

We Should Measure Prices in Time

George Gilder and Gale Pooley
April 17, 2025
Abundance
6
How can the laws of enterprise and business consulting diverge so significantly from the accepted wisdom of economic analysis and political rhetoric? More baffling, how is it that products are becoming simultaneously more expensive and more affordable? This paradox is possible because while we buy things with money, we actually pay for them with our time—not in dollars and cents but in hours and minutes of work. Read More ›
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Young woman cycling in the park at sunset
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Gale Pooley
July 24, 2024
Growth
4

Things Used to Cost Less but They Were Much More Expensive

Gale Pooley
July 24, 2024
Growth
4
We buy things with money, but we pay for them with our time. This means there is a money price, which is expressed in dollars and cents, and a time price, which is expressed in hours and minutes. A time price is simply the money price divided by hourly wages. Take, for example, the bicycle. Read More ›
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Gale Pooley
July 9, 2024
Growth
2

Ritz Abundance

Gale Pooley
July 9, 2024
Growth
2
Joseph (Jake) Klein recently wrote a great article about Ritz Crackers. He notes that they were introduced in 1934 at a price of 19 cents for a one pound box. There are around 8.75 crackers per ounce so a 16-ounce box would yield around 140 of the tasty wafers. Ritz outsold every other cracker their first year on the market. Read More ›
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Gale Pooley
April 15, 2024
Principles
2

Money Is Time and Time Flies

Gale Pooley
April 15, 2024
Principles
2
On April 21, 1787, the Congress of the Confederation of the United States authorized a design for an official copper penny, later referred to as the Fugio cent because of its image of the Sun and its light shining down on a sundial with the caption, Fugio. Fugio is Latin for “I flee/fly”, referring to time flying by. Read More ›
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Gale Pooley
March 20, 2024
Growth
2

The Good Old Days Were Really Expensive

Gale Pooley
March 20, 2024
Growth
2
We buy things with money but pay for them with our time. Money prices are expressed in dollars and cents, while time prices are expressed in hours and minutes. A time price is simply the money price divided by hourly income. Read More ›
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George Gilder
February 5, 2024
Free Enterprise
1

George Gilder Joins Bill and Cole Smead Live on A Book with Legs Podcast

George Gilder
February 5, 2024
Free Enterprise
1

From A Book with Legs Podcast: Live from the 2024 Smead Investor Oasis, venture capitalist George Gilder joins Bill and Cole Smead to discuss his latest work, “Life after Capitalism,” in which he redefines capitalism as a knowledge-based system. Gilder presents a vision of the future in which technological advances disrupt traditional capitalist structures, emphasizing innovation and knowledge over wealth accumulation. Listen here:

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Gale Pooley
January 31, 2024
Growth
1

Time Pricing Mark Perry’s Chart of the Century

Gale Pooley
January 31, 2024
Growth
1
Time prices are a better way to measure standards of living. Read More ›
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Man walking on campus or university
Man walking on campus or university
Gale Pooley
January 17, 2024
Growth
1

TVs Versus Degrees

Gale Pooley
January 17, 2024
Growth
1
Government heavily subsidizes demand and restricts supply in higher education. We should not be surprised when this translates into much higher prices. Read More ›