
Tag: wealth


Being the 1%, or What It Means to Be Entitled

World Inequality Report 2018: Great Data, Bright Analysis, Perturbing Reality

Nietzsche on Danger in Wealth and Pretense

Alexis de Tocqueville on democracy, materialism and political economy

Listen to the Athenian Solon: “Our virtue sticks with us and makes us strong, but money changes owners all day long”

The Alienated Consciousness, Homo Economicus and Capitalism

Thomas Piketty: “Take a serious interest in money… Those who have a lot of it never fail to defend their interests.”

18 focused interpretative digests of each chapter from Piketty’s “Capital in the 21st Century”
Paul Krugman: “Inequality is a Drag… Goodbye, trickle-down; hello, trickle-up.”
