Cold War Thaw – ¿Beatty Is Potemkin Village, No?

Yuri Dublik’s Economic Epiphany:
¿Beatty NV is Potemkin Village, No?

This short audio episode shares a unique, small snapshot of cultural differences — and how “property” was “managed” under Soviet rule.  A 1997 field trip to Amargosa Desert / Beatty NV — with Russian geology consultant Yuri Dublik in tow — resulted in a unique, fortuitous and serendipitous exchange of Russian and American “Political-Economy” differences — and how an 18th century political “spin” device — the Potemkin Village — “colors” Russian understandings from the Soviet Era.

300px-Amargosa_desertAmargosa Desert near the Bullfrog Hills (from Wikipedia)

KEYWORDS:  Cold War Thaw / Russian vs American Differences / Potemkin Village as political propaganda.

USEFUL REFERENCE LINKS:

Wiki: Beatty Nevada Details

Wiki: Cold War Short Intro

The Tontine and the RV Park

EPISODE AUDIO

In this episode — Property Rights of various players are illustrated — where an ancient European “investment” scheme — called the TONTINE — is used to illustrate an RV Park Biz startup “partner” structure.  This example was observed during web site development and deployment for an old client.

KEYWORDS:  Tontine, RV-Park, Revenue Model, Biz Structure, Biz Analysis, History

USEFUL REFERENCE LINKS:

Wiki: Simpsons, The Curse of the Flying Hell Fish

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AUDIO INTRO

OVER-VIEW: The goal of this web and audio log is to explore ownership — helping others see-the-unseen — of both tangible and intangilble property — and illuminate various ownership topics and tradeoffs — via simple examples and stories drawn from real life. Property rights issues will be explored with a real life mix of economics, current events, law, science, technology, humanity, etc.

We shall also explore how your property ownership — and ASSOCIATED LIBERTY — has changed — and is changing — under the not-always-so-enlightened behaviors of Statist “BigGov.”

Property Rights Gazebo is sponsored by the Zeitgeist Outreach Media — a private educational outreach organization — founded to help others see-the-unseen in property ownership, private property stewardship and the general tradeoffs of life.

Please check back often for stories and illustrated examples that will both enlighten — and entertain you. Thanks for checking in.

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