Rafael Beckel
@rafaelbeckel
Rafael Beckel
@rafaelbeckel
There are three basic flavors of incentive: economic, social, and moral. Very often a single incentive scheme will include all three varieties.
The scenario of radical inequality that is taking shape in the U.S. is not our only option. The alternative is that at some point during this century, we reject the dogma that you have to work for a living. The richer we as a society become, the less effectively the labor market will be at distributing prosperity. If we want to hold onto the blessi
... See moreEconomics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.
Jon Gomm (8 years ago) about his Passionflower song. The song is 13 years old now.
People who watch you judge you on what you do, not how you feel.”
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It is common for one party to a transaction to have better information than another party. In the parlance of economists, such a case is known as an information asymmetry. We accept as a verity of capitalism that someone (usually an expert) knows more than someone else (usually a consumer). But information asymmetries everywhere have in fact been g
... See moreMental illness, obesity, pollution, crime – in terms of the GDP, the more the better. That’s also why the country with the planet’s highest per capita GDP, the United States, also leads in social problems.
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