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Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory, marginalism, plutocracy /

Sissy Wants to Know. Thanks.

June 10, 2026

Quick question: I had always assumed that rising productivity implied rising wages. Am I right? Yes, I know about the great divide since the end of the 1970s. Productivity carried on upwards. Wages rose, but as much. So the two no longer track in that happy coincidence that economist like to think as being inevitable. […]

Commentary / Burnham, capitalism, corporations, democracy, Drucker, inequality, plutocracy /

A Machine Can Do That

June 8, 2026

Yes. I am struggling. “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” That’s Peter Drucker talking back in the days when it was easy to discuss the future. He was full of what seem trite sayings about what was ahead of us, after all […]

Commentary / democracy, depression, plutocracy /

Partying Like It’s 1929?

June 4, 2026

For fun … Partying like it’s 1929? The drift is palpable. The stench of decline fills the air. Talk of the “end” clutters the media everywhere. The end of what? It’s our fault of course. It is our collective responsibility. Our road to the edge was a deliberate choice not some unforeseen and […]

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