John Quiggin
Person on 4 sites
Australian economist; professor at the University of Queensland and Australian Laureate Fellow; author of Zombie Economics (2010) and Economics in Two Lessons…
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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A plurality of American voters were willing to vote against democracy in 2024. (opens korrents.com)
“The bigger lesson of 2024 is that a plurality of American voters are willing to vote against democracy, and a majority are willing to vote against or abstain.”
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Democrats must not tolerate corruption on their own side, whatever the political cost. (opens korrents.com)
“That means Democrats must not tolerate any such corruption on their own side, regardless of the political costs of action.”
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Democrats should stop treating Bill Clinton as a party elder. (opens korrents.com)
“Democrats as diverse as Kirsten Gillibrand and Bernie Sanders have condemned his actions, but he is still generally regarded as a “party elder”, regularly invited to campaign for Democratic candidates. That needs to…”
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A plurality of American voters were willing to vote against democracy in 2024. (opens korrents.com)
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4 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Free to Choose (opens rcmnd.app)
“So the first book I suggest is Milton Friedman’s Free to Choose: that book very much takes the view that what matters is the individual choice.”
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Inequality (opens rcmnd.app)
“It’s called Inequality: What Can be Done?”
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Brave New World (opens rcmnd.app)
“The lesson I would draw from Brave New World is that the purpose of utopia is not so much as an achieved state, as to give people the freedom to pursue their own projects.”
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Free to Choose (opens rcmnd.app)