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His last sentence was important. It was a new economy. The biggest difference between the economy of the 1945–1973 period and that of the 1982–2000 period was that the same amount of growth found its way into totally different pockets. You’ve probably heard these numbers but they’re worth rehashing. The Atlantic writes: Between 1993 and 2012, the t
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
The story of Preston brings to mind an idea that could play a big role in fostering an ‘economics of imagination’. A lot of ink has been spilled in recent years about Universal Basic Income. It’s an excellent idea in many ways, and would help create conditions for both personal and collective imagination to thrive, in particular with a reduction of
... See moreRob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
Isabel V. Sawhill • Social Capital: Why We Need It and How We Can Create More of It
Wealth
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O’Brien’s conviction that “the best way to grow financial capital is through growing human capital.”
Peter M. Senge • The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
This belief in the S-shape means that unless parents are unwilling to treat their children differently from one another, it makes sense for them to put all their educational eggs in the basket of the child they perceive to be the most promising, making sure that she gets enough education, rather than spreading the investment evenly across all their
... See moreAbhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
What Is College For?
Andrew Delbanco discusses the purpose of college, highlighting economic benefits, political importance, and the value of liberal education in fostering individual growth and enhancing democratic citizenship.
files.eric.ed.govConservatives saw welfare and poverty alleviation programs as undermining the nuclear family, allowing women—and black women in particular—to be government-dependent heads of households instead of husband-dependent domestic helpmeets.
Jill Filipovic • The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
Zillow, which is essentially a choice engine for home buyers, is an Open Data success story. After the government’s Open Data Policy was announced in May 2013, the Zillow blog stressed the importance of making data publicly available.