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- Inequality 101: The Picket Fence And The Staircase - By John Cassidy
Found via The Big Picture. When a group of millionaires appear onstage with a Democratic President to call for higher taxes on people like them, you know one of two things: either the President is in Hollywood, or something interesting is happening in...
- Class Warfare And Revolution (circa 1850) - By Rick Bookstaber
Found via Simoleon Sense. In a recent post I discuss six policies that spurred the Industrial Revolution in England – opening up immigration, weakening the guilds, investing in infrastructure, privatizing agricultural land, forcing a move to new energy...
- Cbo Report: Trends In The Distribution Of Household Income Between 1979 And 2007
From 1979 to 2007, real (inflation-adjusted) average household income, measured after government transfers and federal taxes, grew by 62 percent. During that period, the evolution of the nation’s economy and the tax and spending policies of the federal...
- Does Inequality Make Us Unhappy? - By Jonah Lehrer
Found via Simoleon Sense. Inequality is inevitable; life is a bell curve. Such are the brute facts of biology, which can only evolve because some living things are better at reproducing than others. But not all inequality is created equal. In recent years,...
- Capital Versus Talent: Discussion Between Malcolm Gladwell And Roger Martin
From January of this year. Thanks to Will for passing this along. Link to video: Capital versus Talent .................... Related previous post: TED Talk - Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies Related book (recommended by Gladwell):...
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Fault Lines: The Top 1%
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Related previous posts:
TED Talk - Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies
Capital versus Talent: Discussion between Malcolm Gladwell and Roger Martin
How Inequality Fueled the Crisis - By Raghuram Rajan
Amy Chua: World on Fire
- Inequality 101: The Picket Fence And The Staircase - By John Cassidy
Found via The Big Picture. When a group of millionaires appear onstage with a Democratic President to call for higher taxes on people like them, you know one of two things: either the President is in Hollywood, or something interesting is happening in...
- Class Warfare And Revolution (circa 1850) - By Rick Bookstaber
Found via Simoleon Sense. In a recent post I discuss six policies that spurred the Industrial Revolution in England – opening up immigration, weakening the guilds, investing in infrastructure, privatizing agricultural land, forcing a move to new energy...
- Cbo Report: Trends In The Distribution Of Household Income Between 1979 And 2007
From 1979 to 2007, real (inflation-adjusted) average household income, measured after government transfers and federal taxes, grew by 62 percent. During that period, the evolution of the nation’s economy and the tax and spending policies of the federal...
- Does Inequality Make Us Unhappy? - By Jonah Lehrer
Found via Simoleon Sense. Inequality is inevitable; life is a bell curve. Such are the brute facts of biology, which can only evolve because some living things are better at reproducing than others. But not all inequality is created equal. In recent years,...
- Capital Versus Talent: Discussion Between Malcolm Gladwell And Roger Martin
From January of this year. Thanks to Will for passing this along. Link to video: Capital versus Talent .................... Related previous post: TED Talk - Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies Related book (recommended by Gladwell):...