Friday, September 15, 2017

In Response to David Brooks' Column in the New York Times III

If productivity itself is the problem, not distribution, radically different politics is demanded than we’re seeing today. If productivity is the problem, we need more dynamism, not less, more openness, not less, more growth-oriented policies, not more dirigiste and redistributive ones.

No, sorry. We need better distribution and less productivity. Our sweating earth and its suffering and befuddled denizens cannot take any more dynamism from homo sapiens. Enough is enough. Stop growing and start sharing, among humans and nonhumans alike. Our politics has to extend beyond our own selfish and often pathetic and ruinous human concerns.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/opinion/the-economy-isnt-broken.html?comments#permid=24086558

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