Thursday, April 11, 2019

Misallocation of Investment

Our political-economic system is failing to allocate investment efficiently.  Trillions of dollars are being spent in stock buybacks and self-driving cars, while urgent problems such as global warming, plastic pollution, and other forms of environmental destruction go unaddressed.  Because of this, I favor socialism.
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