Read the UN report on GDP. What we aim to maximize makes big difference. I realized this when a friend told me every 10 min jogging increases life by 8 min. I began jogging. Then it struck me every 10 min jogging cuts my non-jogging time on earth by 2 min.
https://t.co/OCpqBIcv7a
GDP measures economic activity. It doesn´t tell us whether progress is shared, whether societies are thriving, or whether today’s prosperity is undermining tomorrow. That is why the Beyond GDP conversation matters. Read the High-Level Expert Group Report
https://t.co/A8r2D1DdrR
El #CIDE informa que la Dra. Eva Arceo (@EvaOArceo) ha sido nombrada directora de la División de Economía (@EconCIDE).
Su gestión dará continuidad al compromiso de la División de realizar investigaciones de calidad y ofrecer programas de licenciatura y posgrado de excelencia.
@TheTottenhamWay@GeorgeSessions No, you haven’t. Complete lack of self-criticism. You just liked the bloke and committed to him despite the fact that he was completely out of his depth and it was obvious months ago.
"You want to limit billionaires’ (1) ostentatious consumption, (2) political influence, and (3) media power.
The need to limit (or thus to punish by exorbitant taxation) ostentatious consumption is to maintain a society where huge differences in wealth, while some may be unavoidable, are not displayed in front of everyone and cannot become the object of adoration or of hate.
The goal of (2) is to make billionaires (which despite everything will still have disproportionate political influence) more like other members of community or nation. We are not talking here of democracy but of isonomia, a much better term to indicate an approximately equal influence of all individuals in political decision-making. Today’s so-called democracies are places without any semblance of isonomia precisely because the political power of the rich is unconstrained.
Finally, (3) is needed for the same reason as (2): to limit the power of a few.
A pedagogical tax
https://t.co/4MiZDUu4Bp
@sufferingspurs And whose major achievement in his managerial career is a sequence of mid-table finishes with a club that is doing better without him. It’s comical.
Get Thomas Frank out as soon as possible. He’s timid, limited in his tactics, and completely out of his depth. He’s got no excuse to play this poorly week in and week out.
GDP is important but the obsession with GDP is doing damage to the planet & making us look away from the huge inequalities in today’s world. It’s time to go “Beyond GDP.” This was a fascinating discussion with the Beyond Lab. Read:
https://t.co/ZT8IzvN29Q
@simonyemane@96thMouraaaa This graph sums up my point. The first 15 games of last season showed a very high ceiling, just before Vicario’s and the CBs injuries. The results were not consistent but the underlying data was very positive and the changes in trend explained, at least in part, by injuries.
@jaydmharris You should stop advocating for your friend Thomas Frank. He’s been awful and many of you in the media are keen on protecting him for no obvious reason other than you personally like him.