In his new book, Joseph Stiglitz outlines a sweeping plan to correct economic inequality http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/stiglitz-heres-how-to-fix-inequality/413761/ … #choices
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Replying to @timoreilly
@timoreilly How does he propose to prevent future Larry & Sergeys?11 replies 5 retweets 36 likes -
Replying to @paulg
@paulg Larrys and Sergeys aren't the problem. That's a facile remark not worthy of you. Read the book, then comment http://rewritetherules.org5 replies 5 retweets 67 likes -
Replying to @timoreilly
@timoreilly Maybe you can summarize for us. How do you "correct economic inequality" and still allow billionaires?10 replies 2 retweets 19 likes -
Replying to @timoreilly
@timoreilly If so it's not going to correct economic inequality. Buffet would still be massively richer if he paid the same tax.6 replies 0 retweets 17 likes -
Replying to @paulg
@paulg@timoreilly I'm not aware of anyone arguing for a gini coefficient of 0. The debate is about whether & how to bring up that bottom.4 replies 1 retweet 30 likes -
Replying to @StartupLJackson
@StartupLJackson Sounds great. But fixing poverty is not correcting economic inequality, which is what this plan was advertised as.4 replies 3 retweets 18 likes -
Replying to @StartupLJackson
@StartupLJackson@paulg arguments seem focused mostly on relative earnings, not absolute earnings. Income inequality is the right term.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@StartupLJackson @paulg I don't think raising absolute income would satisfy people if relative income was unchanged.
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