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- How to Build a New Elite
The elitist-populist debate is the topic of the moment, following Trump’s second win. The conversation usually polarises into two positions: In favour of, or against, the current elites. If you are against the current elites, you are taken, by default, to be a Trumpian populist. But there is a third position, which is that we […]
- A Response to Steve Keen on the Problem of Poverty in the Context of a Calibrated Basic Income.
If you haven’t done so yet, you should really watch the most recent Steve Keen and Friends livestream . His guest, Alex Howlett, proposed a “calibrated” basic income. That means one used as a demand side macroeconomic lever, not a poverty elimination plan. This allows monetary policy to be tighter, meaning fewer loans are originated […]
- How to Prove You’re Not a Robot
Video Bibliographies as proof of life. I hope this reaches you before the machines take over. We don’t have long. Things could get very tower-of-Babel very quick from here on out. In the media, academia, and elsewhere, the question of “did a human write this?” is now an ever present concern. This is going to get worse, […]