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Both Pope Francis and economist @mazzucatom.bsky.social are highly critical of neoliberal forms of capitalism that have concentrated wealth in the hands of a few at the expense of the great majority of people." Read more: international.la-croix.com/news/ethics/...
March 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Both Pope Francis and economist @mazzucatom.bsky.social are highly critical of neoliberal forms of capitalism that have concentrated wealth in the hands of a few at the expense of the great majority of people." Read more: international.la-croix.com/news/ethics/...
The economic evidence is clear: electing Republicans leads to increasing income and power concentration in fewer hand. Blair Fix presents striking historical data showing the rise of extreme inequality following Republican control of state legislatures. economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/01/31/p...
February 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The economic evidence is clear: electing Republicans leads to increasing income and power concentration in fewer hand. Blair Fix presents striking historical data showing the rise of extreme inequality following Republican control of state legislatures. economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/01/31/p...
Author Steve Roth: "If you’re thinking that they “deserve” all that wealth and all that income just for owning stuff, because they’re “makers,” think again: between 50% and 70% of U.S. household wealth is “earned” the old-fashioned way: it’s inherited." Read more: evonomics.com/insanely-con...
February 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Author Steve Roth: "If you’re thinking that they “deserve” all that wealth and all that income just for owning stuff, because they’re “makers,” think again: between 50% and 70% of U.S. household wealth is “earned” the old-fashioned way: it’s inherited." Read more: evonomics.com/insanely-con...
Longer-term perspective on the rise of US oligarchy.
Source: Economist Gabriel Zucman
Source: Economist Gabriel Zucman
February 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Longer-term perspective on the rise of US oligarchy.
Source: Economist Gabriel Zucman
Source: Economist Gabriel Zucman
It makes moral and economic sense to tax rent-seeking. Read more: evonomics.com/a-tax-that-l...
January 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It makes moral and economic sense to tax rent-seeking. Read more: evonomics.com/a-tax-that-l...
Economist Eric Beinhocker and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer: "This “difference principle” helps makes clear why open and fair markets, diversity, and inclusive institutions are signal features of successful economies." Read more: evonomics.com/redefining-c...
January 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Economist Eric Beinhocker and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer: "This “difference principle” helps makes clear why open and fair markets, diversity, and inclusive institutions are signal features of successful economies." Read more: evonomics.com/redefining-c...
Economist Geoffrey Hodgson: "Adam Smith is said to be the founder of modern economics. Yet, contrary to a widespread view, Smith regarded individuals as driven by moral motives as well as self-interest." Read more: evonomics.com/smith-and-da...
January 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Economist Geoffrey Hodgson: "Adam Smith is said to be the founder of modern economics. Yet, contrary to a widespread view, Smith regarded individuals as driven by moral motives as well as self-interest." Read more: evonomics.com/smith-and-da...
Author Steve Roth: “And in the U. S., roughly 60% of that wealth itself — the stuff that accrues income to owners, just for existing — is earned the old-fashioned way: it’s inherited.” Read more: evonomics.com/capitals-sha...
January 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Author Steve Roth: “And in the U. S., roughly 60% of that wealth itself — the stuff that accrues income to owners, just for existing — is earned the old-fashioned way: it’s inherited.” Read more: evonomics.com/capitals-sha...
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January 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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The dumbest business idea ever: maximizing shareholder value. Read "Why the Pursuit of Shareholder Value Kills Innovation" by Economist Chris Dillow: evonomics.com/pursuit-shar... [Credit Cartoon by Jonesy]
January 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The dumbest business idea ever: maximizing shareholder value. Read "Why the Pursuit of Shareholder Value Kills Innovation" by Economist Chris Dillow: evonomics.com/pursuit-shar... [Credit Cartoon by Jonesy]
Don’t wait for global politics to fix climate change – we can do it ourselves: evonomics.com/woman-nobel-...
January 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Don’t wait for global politics to fix climate change – we can do it ourselves: evonomics.com/woman-nobel-...
Professor Amitai Etzioni: "What is needed is a systematic pro-social economics, that combines appreciation for the common good and for others as well as for the service of self." Read more: evonomics.com/how-learning...
January 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Professor Amitai Etzioni: "What is needed is a systematic pro-social economics, that combines appreciation for the common good and for others as well as for the service of self." Read more: evonomics.com/how-learning...
Economist Blair Fix: "Inflation is not purely a ‘monetary’ phenomenon. Inflation redistributes income." Read more: evonomics.com/the-truth-ab...
January 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Economist Blair Fix: "Inflation is not purely a ‘monetary’ phenomenon. Inflation redistributes income." Read more: evonomics.com/the-truth-ab...
Historian @rutgerbregman.bsky.social: "Anybody who fears mass unemployment underestimates capitalism’s extraordinary ability to generate new useless jobs." evonomics.com/doubt-capita...
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Historian @rutgerbregman.bsky.social: "Anybody who fears mass unemployment underestimates capitalism’s extraordinary ability to generate new useless jobs." evonomics.com/doubt-capita...
Author Yves Smith: "Short-termism, underinvestment, and a preoccupation with image management." evonomics.com/maximize-sha...
January 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Author Yves Smith: "Short-termism, underinvestment, and a preoccupation with image management." evonomics.com/maximize-sha...
"Why do hardworking people with similar talents and training often earn such dramatically different incomes? And why, too, have these earnings gaps grown so much larger in recent decades? Almost no other questions have proved more enduringly fascinating to economists." evonomics.com/how-markets-...
January 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Why do hardworking people with similar talents and training often earn such dramatically different incomes? And why, too, have these earnings gaps grown so much larger in recent decades? Almost no other questions have proved more enduringly fascinating to economists." evonomics.com/how-markets-...
Author Rutger Bregman: "No, wealth isn’t created at the top. It is merely devoured there." evonomics.com/no-wealth-is...
January 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Author Rutger Bregman: "No, wealth isn’t created at the top. It is merely devoured there." evonomics.com/no-wealth-is...
Author Eric Liu: "Conventional wisdom conflates self-interest and selfishness. It makes sense to be self-interested in the long run. It does not make sense to be reflexively selfish in every transaction." evonomics.com/traditional-...
January 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Author Eric Liu: "Conventional wisdom conflates self-interest and selfishness. It makes sense to be self-interested in the long run. It does not make sense to be reflexively selfish in every transaction." evonomics.com/traditional-...
Evolutionary biologist David S. Wilson: "Let there be no more talk of unfettered competition as a moral virtue. Cooperative social life requires regulation. Regulation comes naturally for small human groups but must be constructed for large human groups." evonomics.com/death-invisi...
January 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Evolutionary biologist David S. Wilson: "Let there be no more talk of unfettered competition as a moral virtue. Cooperative social life requires regulation. Regulation comes naturally for small human groups but must be constructed for large human groups." evonomics.com/death-invisi...
“Debunk the meritocratic argument on its own terms, by contrast, and all the defenders of inequality have left is libertarianism, a value system that has much less appeal among the American public than meritocracy.” evonomics.com/extreme-ineq...
January 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“Debunk the meritocratic argument on its own terms, by contrast, and all the defenders of inequality have left is libertarianism, a value system that has much less appeal among the American public than meritocracy.” evonomics.com/extreme-ineq...
"Would it surprise you to learn that Scandanavia has higher density of millionaires and billionaires than the U.S? Not only is it easier to get rich in a social democracy but they are critical to the very institutions that have helped them getting rich..." evonomics.com/where-in-the...
December 31, 2024 at 1:46 PM
"Would it surprise you to learn that Scandanavia has higher density of millionaires and billionaires than the U.S? Not only is it easier to get rich in a social democracy but they are critical to the very institutions that have helped them getting rich..." evonomics.com/where-in-the...
Author Eric Liu and Venture Capitalist Nick Hanauer "Our century is yielding a second Enlightenment, and the narrative it offers about what makes us tick, individually and collectively, is infinitely more sophisticated than what we got the last time around." evonomics.com/traditional-...
December 30, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Author Eric Liu and Venture Capitalist Nick Hanauer "Our century is yielding a second Enlightenment, and the narrative it offers about what makes us tick, individually and collectively, is infinitely more sophisticated than what we got the last time around." evonomics.com/traditional-...
Stanford Economist Raj Chetty: "If one wants to revive the “American Dream” of high rates of absolute mobility, one must have an interest in growth that is shared more broadly across the income distribution." Read more: evonomics.com/the-end-of-u... #inequality
December 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Stanford Economist Raj Chetty: "If one wants to revive the “American Dream” of high rates of absolute mobility, one must have an interest in growth that is shared more broadly across the income distribution." Read more: evonomics.com/the-end-of-u... #inequality
The true history of American prosperity has not been 'trickle down,' it has been 'bottom up and middle-out". Read more: evonomics.com/new-social-s... @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social @nickhanauer.bsky.social @goldyha.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The true history of American prosperity has not been 'trickle down,' it has been 'bottom up and middle-out". Read more: evonomics.com/new-social-s... @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social @nickhanauer.bsky.social @goldyha.bsky.social
Economist Jonathan Rothwell: "Before Marx, Adam Smith provided a framework for political economy that is especially useful today. Smith warned against local trade associations which were inevitably conspiring “against the public…to raise prices...” evonomics.com/elites-want-...
December 26, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Economist Jonathan Rothwell: "Before Marx, Adam Smith provided a framework for political economy that is especially useful today. Smith warned against local trade associations which were inevitably conspiring “against the public…to raise prices...” evonomics.com/elites-want-...