Human Action Comics by Lilburne

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1

The Basics

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2

Subjective Theory of Value

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3

Marginal Theory of Value

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“3.2”

Diminishing Marginal Utility

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4

Opportunity Cost and the Entrepreneur

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5

Capital Theory

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6

Simple Exchange

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Introducing…

Issue #1: The Basics

Until I figure out something better, I’m publishing these as Google Picassa album.

Feedback appreciated as always.

Who is your target audience?

I was looking forward to hearing about the unemployment rate of Vienna. [:(]

… [:D]

Very minor gripe - I’d have probably had Hoppe in there instead of Boettke. But anyway… good for beginners. This reminds me of a more academic Irwin Schiffs - How an Economy Grows and Why it Doesn’t comic book. Maybe in the future, when its all done - it could be professionally published, with proper graphics and sold at LvMI and elsewhere? Looking forward to the rest

All I know about the labor market in Vienna is that it used to employ genius economists and composers… and emperors… and sausage makers.

It’s great to see an auditorium full of such upright-looking individuals from the 1940s liked it!

I wouldn’t want to give Giles an aneurysm.

That’s exactly what I’m going for! Thanks!

Sharp high schoolers and curious adults new to AE.

It is a little dry. Other than that, I liked it.

Would you say it needs more humor, less academic phrasing, both, or something else?

More sex or humour. A counterpoint would help.

The phrasing is dry. Don’t be afraid to sell the ideas.

What about Joe Salerno?

What I mean is, don’t leave it up to the reader. It’s ok to be obvious about connecting the dots some times. Even smart people are susceptible to repetition.

I guess I don’t know how to get more obvious about connecting the dots than with giant arrows and equal signs.

My hope is that by keeping each issue short, it will encourage the reader to look through it multiple times, thereby providing his own repetition.

Thanks for the feedback, though!

Haha, seems I wasn’t obvious enough! [;)]

I think the area on induction and deduction don’t really showcase the differences. It’s not obvious how they differ.

You and I know it, but it is far from obivous. I am assuming this, can test on family members if necessary.

Maybe a side by side summary of the differences at the end, like a pro/con list would make it clearer.

More please…

The “Yum!” at the end was great. [:D]

This could evolve into a kickass children’s book. It needs more sex though, as LS stated.

[:D]

I thought of one more thing lilburne. Make sure your faces when on the left or right, always face towards the content. We follow the eyes of characters in pictures on a page of content.

I’ve done a slide with more sex now, it’s less accurate though, but who cares about accuracy when one can have sex? Amirite?

I wonder if Austrian Economics plays any part in me still being a virgin… Might just be that I haven’t found my JoAnn Rothbard yet though. :wink:

This is a great thread all over

[:D]

I’ll never think of Ayn Rand’s name in the same way…

I assume you’ve seen Schiff’s cartoons but if not here they are.

http://www.takelifeback.com/hegawid/

Thanks for doing these. This type of literary work I think is far more beneficial at reaching the masses. Not everyone is going to read Human Action but a large pool of people could easily sift through an easy to read comic.

I agree with LS unfortunately to an extent that it is somewhat dry and your target audience will be small. The First episode should outline AE as a whole while avoiding the specific details of each topic. Further episodes can then focus on those specific sections of AE. Perhaps the first comic should be tailored to explain to the reader why economics is important and how it directly relates to personal liberty.

For example, I difference between deductive and inductive reasoning as being explained in a separate episode. Additionally various types of goods would be their own episode, having details of both in the same episode gives the reader a mouthful to grasp in one episode with little visual/written explanation of each.

Than again I’m a critic so take this with a grain of salt. Thanks for doing these Lilburne, your the man!