tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post8747840382072999445..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Inequality and the promise of growthbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-17316229803524697722014-04-14T16:20:33.434+01:002014-04-14T16:20:33.434+01:00Guardian: Capitalism isn't working - Piketty.Guardian: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/12/capitalism-isnt-working-thomas-piketty" rel="nofollow">Capitalism isn't working - Piketty</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-31985606039502108892014-04-14T16:19:54.332+01:002014-04-14T16:19:54.332+01:00Paul Krugman: A new gilded age.Paul Krugman: <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/may/08/thomas-piketty-new-gilded-age/" rel="nofollow">A new gilded age</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-78255376408505441142012-01-27T17:47:30.351+00:002012-01-27T17:47:30.351+00:00CD: How did Norway become an egalitarian paradise?...CD: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/26-3" rel="nofollow">How did Norway become an egalitarian paradise?</a> Fascinating potted history here that I hadn't heard of before.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-58925140300108585212011-09-15T00:39:47.696+01:002011-09-15T00:39:47.696+01:00CD: Where did all the wealth go? Inequality and ec...CD: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/13-1" rel="nofollow">Where did all the wealth go? Inequality and ecology</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-78774769519571808792011-09-14T15:25:08.316+01:002011-09-14T15:25:08.316+01:00Frederick Solt: Diversionary Nationalism. A paper ...Frederick Solt: <a href="http://www.unc.edu/~fredsolt/papers/Solt2006b.pdf" rel="nofollow">Diversionary Nationalism</a>. A paper on how nationalism is used to paper over inequality based on the observation that levels of nationalistic sentiment are higher in more unequal societies.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-39025352377475533012011-07-30T15:55:59.473+01:002011-07-30T15:55:59.473+01:00AlterNet: Why the wealthy are afraid.AlterNet: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/151837/%24230%2C000_for_a_guard_dog%3A_why_the_wealthy_are_afraid_of_violence_from_below/?page=entire" rel="nofollow">Why the wealthy are afraid</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-52460047652728077942011-04-12T14:04:05.740+01:002011-04-12T14:04:05.740+01:00Indeed, I don't think that there are simple so...Indeed, I don't think that there are simple solutions to tax issues, though I do think that tax avoidance and evasion are serious problems that ought to be treated as such, rather than being seen as "white collar crimes" or as socially acceptable.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-68876173512413408692011-04-12T13:46:34.247+01:002011-04-12T13:46:34.247+01:00I recently defined capitalism as "A system pr...I recently defined capitalism as "A system predicated on the hope that individual self-interest will result in general good."<br /><br />My beef with politics, taxes & social justice is the tendency for exemptions to be made to buy favour with people who already have to give them more. Taxes should be far simpler, because then they will be more likely to be fair. A very simple Juggernaut1981https://www.blogger.com/profile/09770878317522688714noreply@blogger.com