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]]>Before that, "Remanance" by Jennifer Foehner Wells. Book 2 of what looks to be a decent space opera, by a very rapidly improving new writer.
Before that, "The Buried Giant" by Kazuo Ishiguro. My son had read it at the beach & gave me his copy. One of those literary-ish writers, but an engaging read none-the-less.
]]>I am trying to spread the meme that helicopter money (QE for the people) should be the means of implementing basic income. It's the only way currently available to break deflationary economies out of the liquidity trap. We'll worry about inflation if any sign of it develops.
]]>From reading the comment thread, tho, there seems to be general agreement that you would need to have global organizations to keep the system working, maintaining standards and human rights. These organizations would have to have serious enforcement power.
That is the take-away for me. But, we need these organizations with countries just as they are now. We'll never control runaway capitalism when countries can engage in all kinds of races to the bottom to entice the corporations and oligarchs.
So if we can figure out that part, then we can organize however we choose to, underneath a world umbrella of good behavior and virtuous cycles. But, it will be hard to get there from here IMO.
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