Recommend a book | 30 comments (30 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

renter euthanasia

That sounds like something the 1% may have in mind. Keynes talked about euthanasia of the rentier. He expected it to happen naturally, but he was wrong.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Nov 21st, 2013 at 03:27:12 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Recommend a book (none / 0)

oops... the power of one letter to reverse meaning!

i-rent?

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Nov 21st, 2013 at 06:44:17 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Recommend a book (none / 1)

The main problem for Keynes appears to be a political practicality, after all. Are there books on how to upset the 1%? Or relaxing them without upsetting?

by das monde on Sat Nov 23rd, 2013 at 12:53:00 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Recommend a book (none / 1)

Gene Sharp's From Dictatorship to Democracy is by far the best I have found. It is an how-to, not an academic study (though based on Sharp's studies), and is as far as I cna see as applicable to economic dictatorship as to political dictatorship.

Sweden's finest (and perhaps only) collaborative, leftist e-newspaper Synapze.se

by A swedish kind of death on Sat Nov 23rd, 2013 at 03:33:35 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Recommend a book | 30 comments (30 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Top Diaries

Ireland 13 South Africa 8

UNGA: West Censors the South and East

EU VDL State of the Union -- Managing Decay

Rugby World Cup 2023 Week 1 review

Reactionary Visions and eNtiTiES

Sovereignty 2040

Recent Diaries

EU as Client State of Joe's America

Canada's Trudeau Honoring an Ukrainian Nazi Collaborator

Ireland 13 South Africa 8

UNGA: West Censors the South and East

A Tale by Benjamin Franklin

Fail in Democracy Return to Authoritarianism

Yemen From Ceasefire to Peace Talks?

Huge Cost Proxy War of Choice

EU VDL State of the Union -- Managing Decay

Reactionary Visions and eNtiTiES

Top Military War Planning Under Joe Biden - Ukraine

Rugby World Cup 2023 Week 1 review

Joe's Fuck the EU -- Showdown

Modi G20 One Earth, One Family, One Future

Conflict In Syria's Deir Ezzor Province

Sovereignty 2040

Some September Food/Ag Events

September 2023

The Leading International Pariah State

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - September 2023

Occasional Series