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What went wrong in 1971?

What went wrong in 1971?

After I was born in 1971, the world went to shit. Wages stopped growing along with productivity, governments wasted trillions of dollars, saving became pointless and inequality spiraled out of hand. I'm

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teknosokrates

9y

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Why should you care about inequality?

Why should you care about inequality?

In this post, I ask why anyone who cares about the economy should also care about economic inequality in advanced countries. I review standard arguments and evidence on the associations and causal pathways

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roy2016

10y

‘No Empirical Evidence’ for Thomas Piketty’s Inequality Theory

‘No Empirical Evidence’ for Thomas Piketty’s Inequality Theory

Higher taxes only lead to more money for corrupt politicians (sorry for the pleonasm), less business investment, less technological development, thus higher prices and less welfare for poor people.