10 Excellent Books for Policy Minded Progressives (2)
1) Inequality - Tony Atkinson
Absolutely THE book on inequality and what can be done about it. Atkinson was a giant in the profession and this book reflects this, covering everything from tech to tax.

Interesting: the bottom 50%'s income fall is the sharpest during adverse shocks and yet recovers at the slowest rate - losing a lot more in the whole cycle..

Bill Not even close.

Do yourself a favor and stop reading US wealthy 1% controlled media.

This speaks volumes about where we are as a country 🥲 🇪🇹

They won’t teach you in school that Leopold of Belgium ruled Congo as his private property for 23 years. He cut off the limbs of Congolese who did not meet their daily quota on the plantation. At the end of his rule, he killed 15million Congolese people. He is seen as a Messiah

Governing the market & industrialization throug policy & informed intervention ==> getting the best results!. When IMF/WB/WTO & the West neoliberals tell us not to interfer in the operations of the free market, we just've to ignore it.

The danger of politics is rooted in the relationship of the politician with the mean of violence which are intrinsic to the state, and which will be misued by any vain politician '👌

Delighted to see this tribute to Anwar Shaikh's work! A brilliant economist I've long admired.

He was the FIRST male senior Marxist scholar to reach out, praise my work & encourage me to continue. His support means the world. 💫

New School Economic Review @claraemattei
youtube.com/watch?v=hqk_i3…

Interesting read

አቶ ምህረት ታፈረ

በ 1969 ዓ.ም የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ የወረቀት ገንዘብ በተቀየረበት ወቅት ከብቶቹን እየጠበቀ ፎቶ የተነሳው አንድ ብር ላይ ያለው ግለሰብ ነው።

ግለሰቡ በ 2005 ዓ.ም በህመም ምክንያት በ50 ዓመቱ ህይወቱ አልፏል።

Has the US exorbitant privilege become a rich world privilege? Rates of return & foreign assets from a global perspective 1970-2022
G Nievas & A Sodano
Please read this great work: it contains key findings showing the need to rethink the governance of the global financial system

Around 240 BC, the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference using just a stick and the length of its shadow, with impressive accuracy.

I found a guy who goes around the US asking 70+ year-olds their:

• Biggest Regrets
• Biggest Lessons
• Advice to their younger self

Oddly enough, most of their answers are the same…

Here are my 8 favourite: