MoneyMirage

Labour’s (and our) dilemma

Labour’s economic policies are trying to take us back to a past that has gone forever. This is an existential challenge for us all.

Expanding what we can actually do

Expanding what we actually do (as opposed to only doing what we can afford) is about who wields power: about human agency versus dependency.

“We can afford what we can actually do” — 2

Which maxim should our society live by? “We can only do what we can afford?” Or “we can afford what we can actually do?”

A Litmus Test for System Health

Why people feel the things they do can be studied and understood. We can use that understanding to design better policies and institutions.

30. What’s wrong with ‘subjective’?

For centuries science got people wrong. Far from dismissing human beings’ feelings as ‘merely subjective’ we need to give them centre…

The Money Mirage — Contents

An annotated contents list of the entire blog series

The Money Mirage — Contents

This is an annotated contents list to a blog explaining the challenge of real wealth creation — how to…

29. What makes humans tick?

If we can’t answer this question, we can’t design effective institutions. And without them, we can sustainably enrich humans’ lives.

28. Why do humans make things?

To make their lives better, of course. But ‘better’ isn’t about ‘making money’ or ‘economic growth’. It’s about realising our humanity.

27. Searching for ‘Better’: Engine of Wealth Creation

New technologies often unleash cascades of unexpected good (and bad) social, economic and political change. Is this process ‘manageable’?