Prosperity, the Future of Capitalism and What this Means for our Politics
Talk by Eric Beinhocker at the 2017 Festival of Economics, Bristol
- Tonight at @FestivalofIdeas #economicsfest: questioning how we should measure prosperity in society pic.twitter.com/FWjSZIVeWE
- Prosperity, the future of capitalism & what this means for our politics, @EricBeinhocker on now at #economicsfest http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk/events/eric-beinhocker/ …
- When I told my dad I was thinking of studying economics he practically threw his copy of @EricBeinhocker's The Origin of Wealth at me (part introduction, part warning). Eight years later I'm finally watching him speak at @FestivalofIdeas's #economicsfest. pic.twitter.com/xMoH6ccJGn
- Now up: @EricBeinhocker disputing the "Angry Man Theory" of why everything's getting worse #economicsfest
- The "Deplorable 15%" have been with us for ages, but what's happened over the last few years? @EricBeinhocker says it isn't down to inequality #economicsfest
- A major dilemma of our times: how to decouple growth from environmental and social degradation #economicsfest http://ow.ly/IjkJ30gCKQi
- @EricBeinhocker "What real people care about is fairness, and that depends on who we're talking about" - small groups care for equality of outcomes, big groups care for the process #economicsfest
- @EricBeinhocker People think "Bill Gates worked hard, he deserves his money; hedge fund managers and benefit cheats don't" #economicsfest
- The radical remaking of economics, @EricBeinhocker interviewed @EvonomicsMag, #economicsfest http://evonomics.com/radical-remaking-of-economics-eric-beinhocker/ …
- Interesting stuff here from @EricBeinhocker on evolutionary psychology, econ & politics #economicsfest
- Neoliberals thought they were saving capitalism from central planning, but took it down a path of cronyism instead - @EricBeinhocker at #economicsfest
- General point - "GDP growth is inevitably finite" assumes that we'll also run out of ways to make things/use resources more efficiently anytime soon. #economicsfest
- Very motivating to hear from @EricBeinhocker about the lack of fairness in GDP and the need to move into measures about households #economicsfest
- Can we have fair, equitable and sustainable economic growth? @EricBeinhocker @INETeconomics, #economicsfest https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/view/221
- UBI is "the wrong answer to the right question" - @EricBeinhocker at #economicsfest
- @EricBeinhocker this evening at #economicsfest - "real people care about a feeling of fairness, not Gini coefficients" pic.twitter.com/wg954n6dhQ
- @FestivalofIdeas @EricBeinhocker Apologies to Eric for Twitter lopping your head off in last tweet. Thanks again for a great discussion. pic.twitter.com/5xwN9h2KPl
