Liberalism has been the main founcation of all Western societies for some 350 years — surely, its problems today can’t be so great as to be its death knell!
Tag Archives: inequality
Class Struggle Doesn’t Go Away, It Just Evolves
The world has changed much since Marx and Engels published their Communist Manifesto in 1848 — but it doesn’t mean they were wrong!
Defeating Populism … Really?
Important to remember that populism is a tool, not an ideology — and not necessarily incompatible with democracy …
Abundance vs. Scarcity
The Abundance Mindset and Scarcity Mindset of Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” don’t get created only by sheer will power or “positive thinking”!
Time to Rethink GDP
Is there really a trade-off between efficiency and efficacy in economic measurement? Time to try measuring happiness scientifically?
In Defense of Intersectionality
Intersectionality, a term coined by Kimberle Crenshaw more than 30 years ago, deserves better than it’s gotten at the hands of people like Ben Shapiro
Wonders of the Middle Class
Why do we all consider ourselves to be part of the “middle class”? Does inequality serve a psychic purpose for us? Yes, says author, as long as we live in a world that is ultimately a zero-sum game, and all sustainable economic models say that is exactly where we live.
Link from The Hill
Footnote to “Intimations of Mortality?” post … TrumpCare only works if you’re young and healthy (or rich). Inside the CBO score …
Link from Bloomberg
Old piece from Bloomberg, but needs to be recycled — if I’ve said it once, I can say it again: it’s all about demand — increase demand, you get economic growth!
Warp and Woof 