Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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succor

The less succour they receive from existing political institutions, the more open individual workers are likely to be to radical political institutions that offer the possibility of political expression and economic power

which is a good thing imo

—p.96 The Virtues of Scarcity (81) by Ryan Avent
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which groups most effectively wield power

In a very low-wage world, more people will opt out of work. That will inevitably strain the social-safety net; societies will be ever more clearly divided into those who work and pay for social programmes and those who live off them. Societies will face a reckoning: either they will decide that thi…

—p.77 In Search of a Better Sponge (64) by Ryan Avent
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Baumol effect

Baumol's cost disease means that the cost of many critical sectors in an economy tends to rise over time

—p.69 In Search of a Better Sponge (64) by Ryan Avent
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