Entrepreneurship is the heart of capitalism and in this sense entrepreneurs can be defined as economic agents who care about their interests. The majority of them can be classified under “greedy business men who have bright ideas for economic activity”.

In 1979 Iranian revolution fruited in an Islamic republic which apart from everything else had many strong beliefs about economy. In Islamic view of economy greed and looking for ones own interests are not acceptable. “Unfair Transactions” are forbidden in various parts of Quran and “those who charge high prices” are presented on par with murderers and deniers of Allah.

As a result in the 80s many Entrepreneurs were expelled from the country. Their Factories closed and their bank acounts and their bank acounts and wealth seized by the order of law. Iran as a country run under the rule of Islam has a centrally planned economy. Many prices are fixed by law and the one who increases the price faces a severe penalty.

Having said all that, one might think life is very hard for Iranian Entrepreneurs. But he/she will probably be surprised at how Iranian Entrepreneurs actually changed the meaning of Entrepreneur and Capitalists into a mild and lovable archetype.

If you want to know more about this you can read this article (The Rise and Newfound Legitimacy of Iran’s Industrial Bourgeoisie) by Kjetil Selvik. The picture that Kjetil illustrates of Iranian business environment is very close to reality. His paper is without a doubt one of the best papers and certainly an essential reading on Iranian Economy.

There are a lot going on in the country. Gas stations are set in fire. Chain retail stores are being rubbed some worth of 6 million dollars. I try to forget that and search for new ways of gaming. Actually I am looking very desperately for an efficient software to manage my e-books collection yet no luck. This I found on the side. you can actually use your web cam to burst some bubbles. I am not really proud of what I’m doing here. Actually it’s very humiliating that the second largest oil reserve in the world is facing a gas shortage. what the hell, whatch some bubble bursting.

Google gives you about six million of games like this so I guess it’s been going on for a while. The concept is very innovative and makes me think that something like minority report isn’t really that far off. What’s the use though in Iran. A government can, very effectively, make a rich country poor.

P.S. I’ll update you guys on my life and who I am and all the other things so stay tuned. I don’t monitor web site traffic so I’ll Assume there are a lot of you guys. even millions. it’s good to be optimistic.