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Or take the value of Wikipedia. The creation of this is more or less akin to installing a Bodleian library in every house in Britain. Does this massive new wealth register on GDP figures? Not a blip. Or the new availability of blogs and podcasts. Tremendous writers who, just a decade ago, would have been lecturing to half-empty theatres are now re
... See moreRory Sutherland • Rory Sutherland: The Wiki Man
nemesis.global • The Umami Theory of Value: Autopsy of the Experience Economy
- The larger the percentage of government consumption in the economy, the harder it is to tell exactly how well we are doing in real economic growth and living standards.
Tyler Cowen • The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton
the dominance of the economist’s perspective on the world has only spread, even into the language of public life. In hospitals and clinics worldwide, patients and doctors have been recast as customers and service-providers. In fields and forests on every continent, economists are calculating the monetary value of ‘natural capital’ and ‘ecosystem se
... See moreKate Raworth • Doughnut Economics: The must-read book that redefines economics for a world in crisis
Economics is the mother tongue of public policy, the language of public life, and the mindset that shapes society. ‘In these early decades of the twenty-first century, the master story is economic: economic beliefs, values and assumptions are shaping how we think, feel and act,’ writes F. S. Michaels in her book Monoculture: How One Story is Changi
... See moreKate Raworth • Doughnut Economics: The must-read book that redefines economics for a world in crisis
“steady-state economy.”
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
