Johnny FoolishThis week’s cuttingsThomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” may be one of the great unread books, but this paper is considerably shorter, the…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Jorge M GalvanEl mito fiscal que nos empobreceAdiós al mito fiscal: bajar los impuestos a los más ricos ni impulsa el PIB ni baja el desempleo, sólo aumenta la desigualdad.Aug 26, 2021Aug 26, 2021
EconSystems ThinkingSystems Thinking Through: Trickle Down EconomicsI haven’t done one of these in a while. My goal is to keep it to a 4 minute Medium read at maximum, so it may not be as comprehensive as my…Aug 18, 20212Aug 18, 20212
EconSystems ThinkingCapital & Ideology: Conclusion and Final Review“All my conclusions are tentative and fragile by their very nature.”Aug 3, 2020Aug 3, 2020
OThe Wealth Tax: A Review of The Triumph of Inequality by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel ZucmanThe developed world has been experiencing a growth of inequality in the last 40 years. In the US, where this phenomenon is accentuated…Jul 27, 2020Jul 27, 2020
EconSystems ThinkingCapital & Ideology Part FourRethinking the Dimensions of Political ConflictJul 26, 2020Jul 26, 2020
Herbie RichThe dilemma of the social democrats: Wanting everything at once, destroys everything at onceWhy social democracy should finally focus on the most important core issue these days and not getting lost in details of daily lifeFeb 3, 2020Feb 3, 2020