Peter Thiel & @EricRWeinstein in their great podcast say that a goal of economic growth is the reduction of violence
Ppl also say that’s the same goal of reducing inequality
Economic growth tends to increase inequality
Which causes more violence - lack of equality or growth?
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What’s the best argument for why we should prioritize reducing wealth inequality that’s at the expense of growth?
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Replying to @eriktorenberg
This is an incredibly lazy straw man characterization.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Hard to get it all in 280. What’s your take on these questions?
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Replying to @eriktorenberg
one might look at the history of democratic capitalism as a very long running experiment in redistributive Bandaids/patches to ensure the whole system doesn't crash.
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