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Human Development, Inequality, and Long Working Hours

One-dimensional indicators such as GNI per capita are known to be flawed measures of well-being. The Human Development Index (HDI) introduced dimensions of health and education alongside income. This column argues that an HDI adjusted for inequality and hours worked gives deeper insight into a country’s economic standing. Using this composite measure, the US falls from first to seventh among G8 countries.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Social policy on August 22, 2016 by Lambert Strether.

Taxcast on Big Four Accounting and the Duke of Westminster

Should the Big Four be broken up? And how about the Duke of Westminster’s $9 billion tax-free inheritance?

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Social policy, Taxes on August 21, 2016 by Lambert Strether.

Gaius Publius: “You Broke It, You Bought It” – A Sanders Activist Challenges Clinton Supporters

Clinton’s hard move to the right is causing some consternation among bona fide progressives. But what will they do about it?

The Elite “Let Them Eat Education” Fallacy

Debunking the idea that better education is an adequate remedy for inequality and high unemployment.

This entry was posted in Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values on August 17, 2016 by Yves Smith.

The Strange Fate of Economists’ Interest in Collective Decision-Making

How economists studied collective decision-making after World War II, faced many impossibilities, and lost interest after solving them.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Social policy, The dismal science on August 11, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Bill Black: Thomas Friedman Wants A “Center-Left” Democratic Party Based on Austrian Economic Myths

Thomas Friedman has managed to outdo himself on the downside.

Emergy (with an “m”) and Environmental Accounting for Maine’s Landfill

Policy implementing the Maine Solid Waste hierarchy should be justified using emergy as the unit of account, and not dollars.

Wolf Richter: Why this Job Market is Still Terrible: The Politically Incorrect Numbers Everyone is Hushing up

For individuals, the job market has barely improved since the Great Recession.

How ‘Competitiveness’ Became One of the Great Unquestioned Virtues of Contemporary Culture

How political authority has legitimated and promoted the questionable goal of competitiveness.

Contradictions at the Kitchen Table: Sanders, Obama, and Clinton at the Democratic National Convention

The power imbalance between labor and capital, as revealed by Presidential speeches at the Democrat National Convention.

This entry was posted in Politics, Private equity, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on July 29, 2016 by Lambert Strether.

The Immorality and Brutal Violence of Extreme Greed

Yves here. Please welcome guest blogger #SlayTheSmaugs. For those of you who have neither read The Hobbit nor seen the movies, “Smaug” is probably a meaningless word. In The Hobbit, Smaug is a massive and vicious dragon. He sits on a pile of gold and jewels that would bury a football stadium’s grass several feet […]

This entry was posted in Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Social policy, Social values on July 22, 2016 by #SlayTheSmaugs.