@paulg Are you familiar with Motte-and-Bailey doctrines? I think you have encountered one:http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/03/all-in-all-another-brick-in-the-motte/ …
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@Blizzarex No, I had not read this before; thanks!
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@paulg not that it's relevant, but Piketty doesn't have a c in it :) -
@TheoTrojan Thanks, fixed.
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@paulg "That would be great problem to have, you say?" - missing an 'a' -
@davidnwelton Thanks, fixed.
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@paulg What is your working definition for startup. What metric(s) do you use to decide whether x business is a startup or not - End of conversation
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@paulg there's debate in Sweden about reforming taxation on stock options since startups complain it's hard to hire w/o potential upside. -
@lenberg How are they currently taxed? -
@paulg as income unless you let the employee buy them. But then you need to price with Black-Scholes, so only feasible for seed stage.
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@paulg@ezraklein Two people I respect and admire having at it through civil discourse is a Beautiful Thing™Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Ezra is a political blogger not an economist. Please don't give him legitimacy. -
@TellyBrown@paulg I was disappointed to see this for the same reason. "Don't feed the trolls..."
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@paulg Do you seriously think that creating thousands of new Bill Gates' is a good idea? -
@sholtz9421 why would you even think that wouldn't be a good idea?
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@laur_ion More importantly, startups represent an incredibly small niche of the economy, you need doctors and mechanics more than Bill Gates
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@paulg A very good followup to your two previous essays!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg source for “The median household net worth in the US is about 80k”?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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