RichStein, 9 months ago Provocative, thoughtful read— "Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality" — "... like... De Tocqueville's... 'Democracy in America,' but with more numbers, ... economics, and ... vitriol." Angus Deaton: "The United States has become a darker society since I arrived in 1983. ... We need to abandon our sole fixation on #money as a measure of human #wellbeing." https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/09/26/1199422599/a-nobel-prize-winning-immigrants-view-on-american-inequality #bookstodon @bookstodon #econodon @economics #EconomicAngst #predistribution
Provocative, thoughtful read— "Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality" — "... like... De Tocqueville's... 'Democracy in America,' but with more numbers, ... economics, and ... vitriol."
Angus Deaton: "The United States has become a darker society since I arrived in 1983. ... We need to abandon our sole fixation on #money as a measure of human #wellbeing." https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/09/26/1199422599/a-nobel-prize-winning-immigrants-view-on-american-inequality #bookstodon @bookstodon #econodon @economics #EconomicAngst #predistribution
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