tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post6934405228791449631..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: The new normal is ... a new slavery?Sriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-24624223231160186112017-08-13T18:21:43.056-07:002017-08-13T18:21:43.056-07:00I don't layout a new social contract ... that ...I don't layout a new social contract ... that is not my job. Writing that contract is what we do as a society, as a country, and we convey our preferences to the appropriate people.<br /><br />I do believe that "more redistribution" is an integral component of this new social contract. The redistribution does not have to be in terms of cash handouts. It can be through, for instance, a minimum level of healthcare, a minimum level of unemployment insurance, a minimum level of childcare support, ... all these are nothing but redistribution of income--with the money coming from those with plenty to spare. Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-91938535089283566882017-08-12T08:17:06.988-07:002017-08-12T08:17:06.988-07:00Yup. We have debated this before. There is no doub...Yup. We have debated this before. There is no doubt that inequality has risen.<br /><br />But you have to state your new social contract more explicitly and prepare to defend it. The reason why there isn't a new social contract already is that it is damn hard to create one. More redistribution isn't the sole answer.<br /><br />Write down an economic manifesto for your country (as I attempted to do for mine before our election). You have blogged about your preferences before but haven't stated a coherent plan in some detail. Let is be critiqued. You would have significantly contributed to the thought process behind the development of a model that might work.<br />Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com