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While there is so much focus on education, the bottleneck for flourishing has not been *knowledge acquisition* for quite some time. Instead it seems to be within direction, discipline, and finding (or continuing to find) incentives to learn and build.
Agency and Schooling
Simon Sarris
Even in a normal year, early money is many times more effective than November 1 panic giving. It gives the candidate strategic options—they can use it to hire staff, cut an ad, set up a new mailing, schedule events, or to persuade skittish potential donors who may be on the fence that they are worth further investment.
Effective Political Giving
Idle Words
The report said that for every $1 of new global wealth earned by a person in the bottom 90%in the past two years, each billionaire gained roughly $1.7m. Despite small falls in 2022, the combined fortune of billionaires had increased by $2.7bn a day. Pandemic gains came after a decade when both the number and wealth of billionaires had doubled.
Tax and/or Eat the Rich
Doug Belshaw
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