tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post2771788619041528252..comments2023-03-24T21:49:49.118-04:00Comments on Dubious Prospects: A pretense of healthcareGraydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-60950173362339073112017-07-29T07:01:58.748-04:002017-07-29T07:01:58.748-04:00+Mr Wiggles
If the calculation is done on the same...+Mr Wiggles<br />If the calculation is done on the same set of people, yes. I wouldn't want to suppose the calculation will be done on the same set of people. I seem to dimly recall that you can move the values rather a lot by defining who has an income or by counting all the people who don't as zero or as some arbitrary value.Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-69441672147569346352017-07-29T02:46:30.815-04:002017-07-29T02:46:30.815-04:00Median income is always less than the mean.
In ev...Median income is always less than the mean.<br /><br />In every economy I've every heard of, or can realistically imagine happening.<br /><br />How much less than the mean is a useful measure of inequality.Mr Wiggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819074203230794043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-59053436781725933742017-07-27T21:59:16.200-04:002017-07-27T21:59:16.200-04:00+John Snead
It's just about impossible for a ...+John Snead<br /><br />It's just about impossible for a government to lose out by building lasting material structures, as demonstrated by the WPA, and I think such a thing would be good in and of itself. (Robots take all the jobs? Well, boy howdy do we have a lot of ecological restoration work to do; how are you with improving beach habitat? (diversity and disparity in a restored biome, etGraydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-23932761982118797512017-07-27T21:34:08.990-04:002017-07-27T21:34:08.990-04:00I entirely and completely agree. I did see one in...I entirely and completely agree. I did see one interesting proposal that would be slightly easier to implement than large-scale currency changes, a permanent WPA style government employment bureau: http://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/ In combination with universal healthcare, I think this would alter power structures in an exceedingly positive fashion.heron61https://www.blogger.com/profile/06589549903030913452noreply@blogger.com