Der Grund, weshalb Friedrich Merz Wirtschaftskompetenz zugeschrieben wird, ist ein Bildungsproblem. Die neoliberale Mythologie hat sich so tief in unseren Alltagsverstand eingenistet, dass wir selbst die offensichtlichsten Widersprüche ausblenden.

Das großartige SURPLUS-Magazin, welches leider seine Reichweite durch eine Paywall selbst untergräbt, hat eine Liste wirklich guter Bücher zusammengestellt, die gut dagegen helfen. (Ihr wisst, wo Ihr die Artikel ohne Paywall findet)

Kate Raworths "Doughnut Economics" liest sich weg wie ein spannender Roman, weil auf jeder Seite Aha-Momente warten und die Geduld durch eine faszinierende Aussicht auf ein Wirtschaften nach menschlichen Maßstäben belohnt wird.

Dana Meadows "Die Grenzen des Denkens" ist ein ähnlicher Eye-Opener was komplexe Systeme angeht.

Wenn das Hirn einmal angefixt ist, von der Idee, dass es auch anders - und besser! - ginge, öffnen sich völlig neue Perspektiven. dann fällt auch das Hoffen wieder etwas leichter ;)

Lest und widersprecht den Bullshittern! Nur dann kommen wir weiter.

#Merz #Wirtschaft #Wirtschaftskompetenz #Surplus #KateRaworth #DoughnutEconomy #DoughnutEconomics #Piketty #Meadows

https://mastodon.social/@surplusmagazin/116396546985472449

"Au-delà des jeux de rôle des uns et des autres, la réalité est que nationalistes et libéraux ont partie liée et nous conduisent au pire."

Thomas #Piketty : « Comme en 1789 et en 1945, les gouvernants n’auront d’autre choix que de se tourner vers les plus fortunés » pour réduire la dette

https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/04/11/thomas-piketty-1789-1945-2026-trois-crises-de-la-dette_6679243_3232.html

#rn #renaissance #lr #Presidentielle2027

Thomas Piketty : « Comme en 1789 et en 1945, les gouvernants n’auront d’autre choix que de se tourner vers les plus fortunés » pour réduire la dette

Pour faire face à la question de l’endettement, la France est riche et ses fondamentaux économiques restent solides. En revanche, les gouvernants devraient lutter contre le « conservatisme politique ambiant » et le comportement des plus fortunés, estime, dans sa chronique au « Monde », l’économiste Thomas Piketty.

Le Monde
#Piketty : « Comme en 1789 et en 1945, les gouvernants n’auront d’autre choix que de se tourner vers les plus fortunés » pour réduire la #dette.

Listen to Gary Stevenson explain why living standards are falling.

This URL starts at the recap @ 26:44
https://video.folkdata.se/w/sHJk3s9tWFfqVbPHVWuJ5v?start=26m44s

But add to this how #LLM / #AI promises workers to help them do more and thereby gain wealth while essentially deskilling them, making them even more dependent on the models owned by the super rich.

#GaryEconomics #Piketty #SuperTaxTheSuperRich

Why Your Living Standards Are Falling - The Squeeze Out

PeerTube

What happens when you tax the rich (summary: they don't run away as conservative parties always warn, but they stay, and the whole society becomes a better, nicer place)

https://youtube.com/shorts/6sinu8GqjYA?si=U4DzEk7FpptAv0ES

#democracy #freedom #equality #equity #Piketty #wealthinequality

What Really Happens When You Tax the Rich?

YouTube

Thomas #Piketty: “The use of force against a regime that massacres protesters and oppresses its population can be justified. But only if it begins by building the broadest possible coalitions and, more importantly, by proposing a model of development and a democratic method for a process of transition, in Iran and elsewhere”.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/03/07/thomas-piketty-in-the-face-of-trump-s-militaristic-drift-and-looming-disaster-europe-must-equip-itself-to-have-global-influence_6751186_23.html

No need to “propose”: The “democratic method” to deal with threats to peace is established on chapter VII of UN charter:

https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/repertoire/actions

Thomas Piketty: 'In the face of Trump's militaristic drift and looming disaster, Europe must equip itself to have global influence'

Following the intervention in Venezuela, the war against Iran launched by the US president signals yet another admission of weakness by the United States, observes the economist in his column. This military agitation primarily serves to bolster the US economy.

Le Monde
#Piketty is tracking 2025 under Trump in this opinion piece from December in Le Monde. It is all going more or less according #Project2025 plan, tariffs and all. Why does the media in Finland frame it as erratic behavior of Trump?
@mmm indeed:
"compatibility with the 2°C target also requires sobriety, defined as a major structural transformation aimed at reducing the economy's material footprint. This includes a drastic reduction in work hours, a large consumption shift from material
to immaterial sectors, and a substantial change of food habits. In other words,
decarbonization without sobriety will not suffice. In turn, sobriety also requires deep
institutional and distributional changes. #degrowth #piketty #sobriety
"L’ #Europa è più ricca di quello che sembra" Thomas #Piketty intern.az/1PoD

L’Europa è più ricca di quello...
L’Europa è più ricca di quello che sembra

Le definizioni possono variare: i conservatori tedeschi parlano di “economia sociale di mercato”, alcuni preferiscono la nozione di “stato sociale”, altri quella di… Leggi

Internazionale

"L’ #Europa è più ricca di quello che sembra" Thomas #Piketty

https://intern.az/1PoD

L’Europa è più ricca di quello che sembra

Le definizioni possono variare: i conservatori tedeschi parlano di “economia sociale di mercato”, alcuni preferiscono la nozione di “stato sociale”, altri quella di… Leggi

Internazionale