“Freakonomics” Was Neoliberal Bullshit (www.currentaffairs.org)

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A look back at the bestselling book franchise that taught people to “think like economists,” by which it meant “think cynically and amorally.”

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[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Some of these people probably work a lot harder than the people in the 1% of a capitalistic society but the 1% are benefiting off their work

Elon is a pretty good example of this. most of his projects have been failures. he really does not do that much work (and what work he seemingly does do is exceptionally regressive). he rewarded for those two things by being one of the richest men alive. but how much do the people who build his rockets or make sure his cars don't kill pedestrians get paid?

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