#piketty — Public Fediverse posts

Listen to Gary Stevenson explain why living standards are falling.

This URL starts at the recap @ 26:44
https://video.folkdata.se/w/sHJk3s9tWFfqVbPHVWuJ5v?start=26m44s

But add to this how #LLM / #AI promises workers to help them do more and thereby gain wealth while essentially deskilling them, making them even more dependent on the models owned by the super rich.

#GaryEconomics #Piketty #SuperTaxTheSuperRich

@Kerplunk

Better, do.it better, do it automatically, do it now. It SAVES NONEY, IT STOPS A CRISIS.

Its as stupid as a seven year old refusing to clean up their own mess. "I dont WAAAANT TO"

DO.IT BETTER. DO.IT NOW.

And tax wealth.

First tax wealth, the build the new energy.
Then tax wealth.

#piketty #tax #taxWealth #climate #solar #everyRoof

The aphorism, the dictum of the Twenty First Century, which should be carved into every Public Building, every statue, every street and painted on a thousand billboards.

"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Billionairism is barbarism.

#corruption #powerCorrupts
#uspol #cdnpoli #uk #eu #piketty

"The Dignity Deficit: Inequality, Work, & Recognition

Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel explore how inequality isn’t just about wealth—it’s about dignity. They discuss how economic structures fail to value workers without elite credentials and propose solutions that go beyond redistribution."

Taxing the rich, with progressive taxation 80-90%, actually works very well, says Thomas Piketty

https://youtu.be/bMg-1raozPA
#piketty #sandel #economy #inequality #taxtherich #neweconomicthinking #dignity