economics

THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT

James Livingston in Aeon. So this Great Recession of ours … is a moral crisis as well as an economic catastrophe. You might even say it’s a spiritual impasse, because it makes us ask what social scaffolding other than work will permit the construction of character – or whether character itself is something we mustContinue reading “THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT”

TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR

Maciej Cegłowski, from What Happens Next Will Amaze You. “Here is Bill Maris, of Google Ventures. This year alone Bill gets to invest $425 million of Google’s money, and his stated goal is to live forever. He’s explained that the worst part of being a billionaire is going to the grave with everyone else. “IContinue reading “TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR”