Let’s talk about these two identical charts I have in front of me. Both of them show wealth distribution: one represents the U.S., the other represents China. What do these charts tell us? Well, they show something quite revealing—about both countries. In each, the top 1% holds a lion’s share of wealth, and the bottomContinue reading “Two Identical Charts, yet Two Different Societies”
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What do Large Democracy and Jumbo Shrimp Have in Common?
Oxymorons: When Words Get Funny Ah, the oxymoron! A delightful concoction of contradictions, like when two words that really shouldn’t hang out together somehow make a perfect pair. We’ve all encountered these little linguistic quirks. Take “jumbo shrimp,” for instance. Shrimp, by definition, are small, but slap a “jumbo” in front, and suddenly you’re picturingContinue reading “What do Large Democracy and Jumbo Shrimp Have in Common?”
The Moral Wilderness Known as the US Constitution
Yego: The idea that moral wrongness is something that’s intrinsically so is a powerful notion. It means that when a moral wrong is done to someone, that wrongness cannot be explained in anything else other than the fact that it is the kind of act it it. if i’ve morally wronged someone, such as tellingContinue reading “The Moral Wilderness Known as the US Constitution”
Yego’s Chronicles 