development econ looks at lots of interventions, mostly they fail long-term; institutional context has much to do with this
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big picture, probably changing institutions is key to --> welfare at scale, evolution in market context seems to work best
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I'm not sure how biodt. fits in here--seems like that idea mostly contradicts certain claims of wealth accruing to deserving?
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yeah, Bell Curve inb4 the left going full Rawls with their info, but they got ULTRAM4D at denial of maleability instead
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not just personal (I think I can only be prideful of things I've achieved, so that means NOTHING at this point in my life) but…
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in general, if most determinants of success in market economy are genes+early environment+luck, desert is a
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person that worked their asses/took risks dif to 1 that didn't? sure.In % of 'expl. variance'still much smaller than ppl think
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and people equal in all the "deservingness" or "self-attained" stuff still varying a lot in social, economic outcomes etc.
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maybe trick is decoupling 'generates desert' from 'something we want to incentivize'?
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this seems strict correct but now I'm doubting myself, maybe people don't respond well to incentives w/o moralism
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