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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
He called this period the “Great Stagnation”, and he proposed a cultural solution rather than an economic one: raise the social status of scientists
Perkins spent the twelve years of Roosevelt’s presidency doing more than anyone other than FDR himself to make the New Deal a reality. Everything on her list became law, most notably social security, changing the basic relation of Americans to their government. She also desegregated the Labor Department cafeteria, tried (and failed) to bring large
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
A few examples include: Greed is good. Maximizing pleasure from consumption is the goal. A billion acts of selfishness will lead to a prosperous society. The social duty of business is just to maximize its profits. There’s no such thing as society, only individuals—that was Margaret Thatcher’s famous quote. Markets are efficient; other institutions
... See moreW. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
Project 2025 Author to Work at Education Department
One of the things that we found very interesting was, once you have interest rate at zero, a cash flow in the future becomes as important as a cash flow you have visibility on.