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Heather • 6 cards
Hamilton Nolan • No Captives
Or consider how a scarcity mindset frames so much of our politics, crippling our imaginations and stunting our moral ambitions. How many times have we all heard legislators and academics and pundits begin their remarks with the phrase “In a world of scarce resources…,” as if that state of affairs were self-evident, obvious, as unassailable as
... See moreMatthew Desmond • Poverty, by America
The result is a large population of overeducated, underemployed young people living in metropolitan areas.
George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
A team of researchers at Stanford University, led by an economist named Raj Chetty, used newly accessible data from the Internal Revenue Service to write a series of papers that addressed questions of opportunity in American life. One, titled “The Fading American Dream,” asked a simple question: How likely is it that an American child will be
... See moreMichael Lewis • The Fifth Risk
Enough is the antithesis of unchecked growth because growth encourages mindless consumption and enough requires constant questioning and awareness.