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Capital and Ideology (2019) by Thomas Piketty
Capital and Ideology (2019) by Thomas Piketty:A synopsis of his concluding recommendations for reducing inequalityincluding related observations by Joseph Stiglitz and Anthony Atkinson REDUCING AND CONTROLLING INEQUALITY:Ways and MeansObstacles and OpportunitiesIn the Short Term and over the Long Term … Continue reading
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Tagged "fairness" (perceptions of), Anthony Atkinson, Capital and Ideology (book), Controlling inequality, corporations (advantages granted to), democracy (erosions of), democracy (facilitation of), economics (sustainable), education (access to), educational justice, enough (recognition of), enough (sharing of), health (societal), health services (access to), Ideology (national), inequality (financial), inequality (of opportunity), inequality (social/educational), Inequality: What Can Be Done (book), Joseph E. Stiglitz, justice (access to), Participatory Socialism, political economy, Reducing inequality, Social and Economic Council (National), taxation (progressive rates of), technology (unemployment from), The Price of Inequality (book), Thomas Piketty, trust (social), Universal basic income, Universal capital endowment, wealth (extremes of), wealth (redistribution of)
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Resisting the “Book Now” Bait
Once upon a time the World Wide Web appeared to be a great gift to the common citizen. In those early days, Google was still committing minimal corporate evil. A Google web search would return all relevant … Continue reading
Posted in Rants (calm & serious)
Tagged Book Now, Expedia, Gatehouse-on-the-Point, Rental Service Fees, VRBO
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Galbraith’s Economics of Innocent Fraud
A Synopsis of J. K. Galbraith’s final book: The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth for our Time Late in life, at the end of his long career as an economic advisor to governments, as a Professor of … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate power over government policy, corporations (advantages granted to), corporations (management power in), corporations (myths pertaining to), economic behaviour (unpredictability of), economics (use of language in), GDP (a flawed economic metric), inequality (increased by economic theory), political economy, power (dangerous levels of), wealth (extremes of)
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47: Retiree Sabbaticals
Chapter 47: Retiree Sabbaticals Kaslo, B.C. Sunday October 11, 2015 While talking recently with an old friend I happened to mention that I had just returned from “a little getaway.” He immediately asked, “what did you get … Continue reading
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Tagged quality of life (facilitation of), sabbaticals
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46: Past-Perfect
46: PAST-PERFECT I used to believe that most older professionals had an inner curmudgeon, one that was just waiting to spring into life upon retirement. Of course, if that were true, it might not be particularly nice for … Continue reading
Posted in New Chapters, Rants (calm & serious)
Tagged language (clear usage of), wisdom
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Joseph Stiglitz (2012) The Price of Inequality
A Synopsis of the book: The Price of Inequality (2012) by Joseph Stiglitz INCREASES IN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY: THEIR LINKS TO INEQUALITY In 1887 England’s Lord Acton wrote: “power tends to … Continue reading
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Tagged "fairness" (perceptions of), austerity policies (inequality and), corporations (advantages granted to), corporations (cultures within), democracy (erosions of), economics (sustainable), governmental control of market behaviour, growth cycles, income ("rent-seeking"), inequality (financial), inequality (of opportunity), inequality (social/educational), Joseph E. Stiglitz, justice (perceived fairness), morality (social), nations (sustainable), power (abuse of), power (dangerous levels of), social comparisons of self with others, The Price of Inequality (book), wealth (extremes of)
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The Spirit Level and its Critics
“THE SPIRIT LEVEL” AND ITS CRITICS Extremes of financial inequality, their possible sources and their potential dangers, have lately become the focus of an increasing number of books and articles. This has been particularly true since the western financial … Continue reading
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Tagged Beware False Prophets (book), inequality (financial), inequality (measures of), inequality (social/educational), Kate Pickett, Peter Saunders, Policy Exchange (U.K.), Richard Wilkinson, significance (statistical), Statistics (Inferential), The Spirit Level (book), theories (exceptions and counter-examples to)
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Pleonexia and Human Nature
WHEN ENOUGH ISN’T ENOUGH: PLEONEXIA AND HUMAN NATURE “Money is just a way of keeping score.” H.L. Hunt Pleonexia is an ancient Greek word referring to a very old human problem. The word describes an obsessive desire … Continue reading
Posted in Rants (calm & serious)
Tagged "Enough", fair sharing, greed (cultures of), inequality (financial), losing, money, pleonexia, quality of life (facilitation of), score keeping, social comparisons of self with others, society (responsibilities to), wealth (extremes of), winning
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Wilkinson & Pickett (2009) The Spirit Level
A Synopsis of the book: The Spirit Level (2009) by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett INEQUALITY: THE PRIME SUSPECT … Continue reading
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Tagged health (physical), health (societal), inequality (financial), inequality (measures of), inequality (social/educational), Kate Picket, political economy (evidence based), Richard Wilkinson, social comparisons of self with others, social stratification, The Spirit Level (book), trust (social), wealth (extremes of)
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McQuaig & Brooks (2010) The Trouble With Billionaires
A Synopsis of the book: The Trouble With Billionaires by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks (2010) SOCIETIES IN AND OUT OF BALANCE: EFFECTIVE SHARING OF WEALTH AND POWER A careful balance between private and public access to “property” … Continue reading
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Tagged billionaires, democracy (erosions of), democracy (facilitation of), depressions (economic), economics (sustainable), greed (cultures of), inequality (financial), inequality (social/educational), Linda McQuaig, Neil Brooks, power (abuse of), power (dangerous levels of), social comparisons of self with others, taxation (progressive rates of), technology (advances in), The Trouble with Billionaires (book), wealth (extremes of)
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