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Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory /

Anti-Social Economics

March 4, 2019

Some jumbled thoughts prompted by my recent reading of Robert Skidelsky’s book, “Money and Government” Just how anti-social is economics? I don’t think the question is difficult to answer: economics in its modern mainstream form is, at its heart, designed to undermine democratic government. It is, therefore, profoundly anti-social. The genesis of this antipathy towards […]

Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, Piketty, plutocracy, tax policy, taxes, Tobin tax, wealth tax /

The Times Are Changing – Tax Style

February 13, 2019

The following is part of correspondence I had recently with a friend here in Vermont: The purpose of increasing taxes on the wealthy is twofold: one is to raise revenue; the other is to prevent growing concentration of wealth. I think the second of the two is the more important. The American system of opportunity […]

Economics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory, growth, Hidalgo, information /

New Year, Old Arguments

January 2, 2019

“The universe is made of energy, matter, and information, and while energy and matter are here by default, information needs to find ways to emerge. This is not always easy” Cesar Hidalgo, “Why Information Grows — The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies” Why is it the economics still restricts itself to constructing its […]

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