Comments on: The Pilgrims’ Progress (and the Peasants’) http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/ What is seen and what is unseen. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vashti Alexander http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Vashti Alexander Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:48:16 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/#comment-645 Thanksgiving is a time to be reunited with your family. I think buyers and sellers benefit from this holiday. The sellers get their money and the buyers buy more food so when the holiday is over they have food left so they won't have to cook and therefore won't spend anymore money than what they need to. Thanksgiving is an investment to the days to come. Thanksgiving is a time to be reunited with your family. I think buyers and sellers benefit from this holiday. The sellers get their money and the buyers buy more food so when the holiday is over they have food left so they won’t have to cook and therefore won’t spend anymore money than what they need to. Thanksgiving is an investment to the days to come.

]]> By: Kaila Theriot http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Kaila Theriot Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/#comment-620 This is a very interesting history lesson. I definitely agree that if everyone has to work for their family's survival, they will! The survival of their family provides a great incentive to get the job done, and maybe even exceed it because of competition between families. I also relate this situation to group assignments in school. If one person really cares about the grade he or she receives, that one person will make sure the finished product is A-worthy. But the slackers, who don't really care, cause that person to go to extreme lengths to finish and perfect the whole assignment. This is definitely why I prefer one-man assignments. You aren't stuck with someone who has no incentive to work. This is a very interesting history lesson. I definitely agree that if everyone has to work for their family’s survival, they will! The survival of their family provides a great incentive to get the job done, and maybe even exceed it because of competition between families.

I also relate this situation to group assignments in school. If one person really cares about the grade he or she receives, that one person will make sure the finished product is A-worthy. But the slackers, who don’t really care, cause that person to go to extreme lengths to finish and perfect the whole assignment. This is definitely why I prefer one-man assignments. You aren’t stuck with someone who has no incentive to work.

]]> By: lourdes arrubla http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/comment-page-1/#comment-596 lourdes arrubla Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:51:21 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/#comment-596 An incentive of granduer and pride sets in when one is given a chance to prove themselves against their peers. Maybe, this is where we get the saying, "keeping up with the Joneses". I believe this is what makes America such a great place to live and this is why people risk their lives everyday to live the dream. Only in this free society can a homeless person become a millionare or an immigrant, who doesn't speak english, can provide solely for his family. An incentive of granduer and pride sets in when one is given a chance to prove themselves against their peers. Maybe, this is where we get the saying, “keeping up with the Joneses”. I believe this is what makes America such a great place to live and this is why people risk their lives everyday to live the dream. Only in this free society can a homeless person become a millionare or an immigrant, who doesn’t speak english, can provide solely for his family.

]]> By: Dameyel Welsch http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/comment-page-1/#comment-594 Dameyel Welsch Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:32:39 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/16/the-pilgrims-progress-and-the-peasants/#comment-594 Thanksgiving is an American tradition. This is the season sellers’ benefit more than buyers. They become richer and we become poorer. We will buy all kinds of food, but end-up throwing it away.(Goods) Also, the sellers will go up a dollar one their prices before the prices was a responsible prices. This is a good example of elasticity. Overall, at the end of holidays we are poor and overly feed. Thanksgiving is an American tradition. This is the season sellers’ benefit more than buyers. They become richer and we become poorer. We will buy all kinds of food, but end-up throwing it away.(Goods) Also, the sellers will go up a dollar one their prices before the prices was a responsible prices. This is a good example of elasticity. Overall, at the end of holidays we are poor and overly feed.

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