"The fact is, the wealth held by the 26 richest capitalists in the world is equivalent to the total assets belonging to the worlds poorest 3.8 billion people - nearly half the worlds population. Can this be a coincidence? Surely not.

We should think of it the following way: we usually think of capitalism as something that provides wealth and abundance, but the truth is quite the opposite. Capitalism is a system that functions by producing scarcity."

- Kōhei Saitō
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 I've been on here a few years, probably time for an #introduction !

I #TeachEcon, #economics, and #degrowth because it's what I know.

I discuss #ClimateChange and #USPolitics because I believe they are important (and #VoteBlue for the same reason).

I research #teaching, pedagogy, and grades because incentives matter, especially in #education. 

I read and #AmWriting #fantasy and #SciFi  just for the fun of it. 

 I really don't get why a campaign whose only platform was 'anything other than what that guy says' wouldn't be popular.

The fact that #Biden is doing that plus fighting for #ClimateChange and building infrastructure and lowering prescription drug prices and fighting for abortion access and more and still can't get 50% of the US on board is truly baffling to me.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/16/trump-policy-speeches-favorite-phrases-analysis
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 As tensions rise over protests and foreign policy, please remember we don't need to 100% agree to be on the same side.

Far-right fascists are mobilizing and authoritarian countries are weaponizong the #Gaza war to weaken democracy. These are far bigger threats than the fellow liberals who happen to have come down on the other side of this complex and highly-emotional topic of #Palestine and #Israel.

Good people can and do disagree, so it may be helpful to tone down the angry rhetoric.