<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:29:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/week-07/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Reflection -- Decentralized Market and Government Regulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Dr. Bylund's work The seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized he discusses his ideas and beliefs about the market and government regulation. In chapter 5, Bylund begins by discussing how in order for exchanges]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@allisonmckinney/week-07-reflection-decentralized-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@allisonmckinney/week-07-reflection-decentralized-market</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[allisonmckinney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 05:59:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNhqNHwSYNDk39X18pBG3uh3FZ9kBn9Mr3xdQ8RTZm8eQbPAsF2ksmWEC95Txp2UXMTg7WBxBJcr2AARzpVqvMPZfvoLdHWj3R3UE81UVpvGFhhD83yvqJBSDo1mHsJ8mESzL9hwHC66p2Py8WWv4tQymF3Nc21TRkSnTcb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Reflection -- Motives for Seeking Higher Profits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Within Dr. Bylund’s “The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized” many points were made that allowed me to gain a much greater understanding of the content covered within the last couple weeks]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@connortwalker1/week-07-reflection-motives-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@connortwalker1/week-07-reflection-motives-for</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[connortwalker1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 05:54:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVTymzhoNSgfSAxfLikayHwSgv2oWEfSquGeCHZydJA9hNbgBzmymzkc6anAn5m3pGsW6m5FFfc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Reflection -- When Government Regulation is Necessary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source In chapter 7 of The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized, Dr. Bylund depicted government regulation as a restrictive force on businesses meant to direct their production into a different fashion]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@corndog2k2/week-07-reflection-when-government-regulation-is-necessary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@corndog2k2/week-07-reflection-when-government-regulation-is-necessary</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corndog2k2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 05:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHE8AjsbKgaoiZ2ZxiACAc9bWCWsa13622RyJM4U7ZY9sF6hiWBZAm1o5Wmaz4Y9gCw7GRUh4c6DPCybHx6uhHeiVNTMtxvckEDed2tmCgDrLWmsikog?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Response -- Balancing Regulation with Freedom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source This is a response to the question posed by @atamme, "How do you recommend that balance of government regulation and societal freedom be found?" To find regulation balance, I would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@grease.monkey/week-07-response-balancing-regulation-with-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@grease.monkey/week-07-response-balancing-regulation-with-freedom</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grease.monkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 05:04:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ChYr1cJZCH5KNJtXk1fAQFHe1QYtRWGphCjd9rJaPaiSBULHcBQBWymqwQBkdCduDPLkiFNVZ67cJvx4nQcS6nwWtMYQkQao2Cs8L3MoaLgMJJ6hZ3hmXwpyoEW1zKKbG9o2hKWnruG7NDdBcQ9sLYjW7uJgtDMGV56NDzR8hWyFAHnpGHbVWvx47EnmZX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 -- Reflection --  The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his book, The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized, Dr. Per Bylund discusses his views on free markets, entrepreneurship value, and reflects on government regulation and its impacts. 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Regulations put in place have effects on the economy as well as a community as a whole.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@awetsell/week-07-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@awetsell/week-07-reflection</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awetsell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 02:06:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8VvCWF1me2QeeHyVrCLdmBuVXav6FdqiAJWpPio1vUQWJy9TCH6VxtZWFdGMfxXTmMAQJ6YPEHmYbUA4ugpSZwHiRpuLQryEWwpAA6LmRkADU8AA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Reflection: The Seen and Unseen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Per Bylund's book “The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized: How Regulations Effect our Everyday Lives” explains how regulations affect society, and he uses Fredric Bastiat's book “The Law” to help further]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@alexmay2022/week-07-reflection-the-seen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@alexmay2022/week-07-reflection-the-seen</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexmay2022]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 01:28:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVwXZRLh8gqxpu4D9k4GmtLvHWAu1NqCKSmxBdU8DtmogcMhVUHq8u9tnLnc6Y8TZHoAUYGQYSz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Reflection -- Dr. Bylund has SEEN a thing or two]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Free-Market-memes on FaceBook In the first chapter, Dr. Bylund makes some excellent points about the powers of exchange. 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This fact is something I spend a significant amount of time thinking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@mnkeitz/week-07-reflection-the-ripple-effect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@mnkeitz/week-07-reflection-the-ripple-effect</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mnkeitz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:11:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUi4oa8yTU7QwSHZ29mRt9qof85ejCza2v5ivqDcVmjMNfwG5gwGFkd3k4HZ2g3j9hu7MnAdhmada7ytEbtwdsBFrd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Reflection -- Regulation's Cause Lower Living Standards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Bylund's book is based on the premise proposed by Bastiat, the seen and the unseen. A brief synopsis of this concept is that the basic difference between a good and bad economist is that one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@julie.blank14/week-07-reflection-regulations-cause-lower-living-standards</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@julie.blank14/week-07-reflection-regulations-cause-lower-living-standards</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[julie.blank14]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:30:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZKAnByaATz1sErdB165jUeTAQV6sXDhqX9gAxeknLaNR6JE1mE2M33mTueUjXXKShePNVeGCGYv48AHdRppFTARoVUPh1rNySs6vnwaaZA1y24KUUKUXAYyt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Reflection -- The Market's Response to Consumers]]></title><description><![CDATA[When reading chapters 5, 7, and 9 of "The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized" by Peter Bylund, the passage about the ripple effect of economic activity particularly struck me. 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I don't think that the government should have the power to decide if a business can be open]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@awetsell/week-07-discussion-to-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@awetsell/week-07-discussion-to-question</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awetsell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCQuQ4299tcmsEksBwVCvAJmsZDx1r7ufJsAoofYkMX7KTCeMyENDt3ZrGYCtpJSnMs5pJ69N2FQUAgA7Y9cHYtr3aWEuDnbvosX3uPa5jVuYQv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Response - Government Mandates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source This post is a response to the question "Mandates can be put in place by the government. Do you agree with mandates? Why or why not? How have vaccine mandates by certain companies affected]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@generalfritz14/week-07-response-government-mandates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@generalfritz14/week-07-response-government-mandates</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[generalfritz14]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:41:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g73GywJLc4qya717jY4hemJ4yGThw4XQGKr5TDJYani9x3QEpbfbRDGLZgadVhZRECMbJ5bJcoEHomGiJjYB8KbSMNPh4GzufnGGuC27ZSKVDXvaumVPWJCJ6YedzwZAKtpzjPq2HPAuMLoP9vbh?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Response - Governmental Regulation in Society]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is in response to the question "The government was created to help the people and foster a good economy, however, some argue that governmental interference does more harm than good, is this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@mnkeitz/week-07-response-governmental-regulation-in-society</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@mnkeitz/week-07-response-governmental-regulation-in-society</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mnkeitz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:46:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUi4oa8yTU7QwSHZ29mRt9qof85ejCza2y9auQWFht9XvmrwWZhxE83qceWzY93LnQPmi4xc6YzLDs2596yBtXFUms?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Response -- The U.S. Government's Response to the Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source @hattiehughs14 asked, "Should the government have the power to decide if a business can be open or not during a pandemic?" In mid-March of 2020, the U.S. government gave orders for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@corndog2k2/week-07-response-the-us-governments-response-to-the-pandemic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@corndog2k2/week-07-response-the-us-governments-response-to-the-pandemic</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corndog2k2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:35:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHE8AjsbKgaoiZ2ZxiACNUpSqYFjxQP5TMJEWEJSB7BEftrNnVbpXyiLksjWHufKwLRwMqHArsbPNcUuhRzVEhnTJSfd1Pm8jgJohbjauMZtKhYSPAk6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[week 07 Response -- Some Things Can Be Dangerous]]></title><description><![CDATA[From: Upstream.com @mnkeitz asked If you were to agree with the regulation of something in our economy today, what would it be? Why would you choose this? Vehicles, Vehicles are DANGEROUS. They are made]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@karsonyounger/week-07-response-some-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@karsonyounger/week-07-response-some-things</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[karsonyounger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4vvCdfUkb2VQhyU3UzSnXPeBjjxQB6jq1ccciKhMJSo7E5XKAoqFG6J4yZrJAknU6YdcdpzEHud6jfwrJKV4FuTeKHi4fETZiRWHFi4nuwTK4kXHDtBEQGMCQiz31aScYPMUeCmrnQS7JURSjrZXA6fkxZdz4D5He42VNfEJdj9xeLYm3x9Qn7v7PL9pmkuk2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 07 Response-- Government Regulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[@alexmay2022 asks, "What do you believe is the leading factor for a person's disagreement with regulation." 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How have vaccine mandates by certain companies affected their particular business?"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@moneybagley/week-04-response-r7pvzh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@moneybagley/week-04-response-r7pvzh</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[moneybagley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrV9f6SwiqHjKTNHVVcQ9dbqG3C4eFHSCyVML77jhM52KwEmcLWNqNbSzZdsnc7vuxzzXbeaWqr2ixDCknFDXFCwV1Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>