Re:Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, in 20 minut...
by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday October 29, 2016 @07:48PM
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only acceptable lifestyle for a normal person is simply far more expensive than most can afford
This is the ginormously over-sized glowing fluorescent pink elephant in the room.
"Fix the economy" isn't going to work because the economy isn't a thing you can take in for repair. The Economy is a confusing thing because we talk about it like it's a noun, but it's really a verb: The Economy is something humans do, like sport or recreation.
The US needs to do some deep re-thinking about what it values. I'm in Australia and we seem to be doing a fairly good job of adopting the US model, despite there being some, in my opinion, better models to choose from.
This is the ginormously over-sized glowing fluorescent pink elephant in the room.
"Fix the economy" isn't going to work because the economy isn't a thing you can take in for repair. The Economy is a confusing thing because we talk about it like it's a noun, but it's really a verb: The Economy is something humans do, like sport or recreation.
The US needs to do some deep re-thinking about what it values. I'm in Australia and we seem to be doing a fairly good job of adopting the US model, despite there being some, in my opinion, better models to choose from.