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James Dale Davidson • The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State
Today’s economy rewards people most for merely allocating existing capital. That’s not a recipe for prosperity; it’s simply a game of musical chairs.
Umair Haque • Betterness: Economics for Humans (Kindle Single)
Each took place at a time when conflicting demands on finite government resources were high, and rentiers wielded reduced political power.6 Currently we’re beginning to see the financial oppression in developed countries. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe, governments have forced their social security funds to only buy government
... See moreJohn Mauldin • Endgame: The End of the Debt SuperCycle and How It Changes Everything
But this era is over. Now consumers have coalesced into the powerful multitude. Their empowerment can more and more be seen as a threat for society. Just like Walmart, tech companies such as Amazon and many others prove that in the Entrepreneurial Age, a multitude hungry for quality at scale beats workers and society most of the time, inflicting a
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
When individuals can conduct their own monetary policies over the World Wide Web it will matter less or not at all that the state continues to control the industrial-era printing presses. Their importance for controlling the world’s wealth will be transcended by mathematical algorithms that have no physical existence. In the new millennium, cybermo
... See moreJames Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
Another future is a return to a pre-20th century paradigm, outlined by forecasters like French economist Thomas Piketty. Piketty’s premise is that before the 20th century, the rate of return on capital almost always exceeded the rate of economic growth; wealth grows faster than the economy; the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.