It is not, but I can't be bothered arguing about this. So keep thinking whatever you like. (View Post)

Only half? Pathetic. (View Post)

Of course it does. A growing economy where the growth is disproportionately ending up in the pockets of the already well-off is a recipe for unhapiness at best. (View Post)

To some extent any part of civilisation that requires growth in perpetuity is a Ponzi scheme. People don't want to think about the really long term, let someone else deal with the future when it… (View Post)

It's not some though, it's lots. The distribution of income in the US has dramatically widened since the 70s. At the top people are doing great, but huge swathes of the population have not … (View Post)