Population pyramids: Powerful predictors of the future - Kim Preshoff If your selected country was not represented by a population pyramid in the lesson, you may wonder what it looks like. The U.S. Census Bureau has an International Data Base that can help you create one. Is your country a fast, slow or no growth pyramid? Globalni porez Raspodela prihoda i bogatstva danas je jedno od najkontroverznijih pitanja. Istorija nas uči da postoje jake ekonomske sile koje vuku u oba pravca – ka većoj jednakosti i dalje od nje. Koja će pobediti zavisi od mera koje izaberemo. Amerika je dobar primer. U periodu od 1914. do 1945, evropsku nejednakost u bogatstvu zbrisali su ratovi, inflacija, nacionalizacija i porezi. Da ironija bude veća, mnoge od tih institucija inspirisane su američkim primerom. Amerika je takođe bila prva država u kojoj je razvijeno masovno školovanje, sa skoro univerzalnom pismenošću – makar među belcima – početkom 19. veka, za šta je Evropi trebalo još skoro 100 godina. Ljudi često ističu prednosti svojih nacionalnih meritokratija, ali – bilo u Francuskoj, Americi ili negde drugde – takva retorika retko odgovara činjenicama. Masovno obrazovanje je važno, ali ono ne garantuje poštenu raspodelu dohotka i bogatstva. Prosečna godišnja stopa rasta bogatstva/prihoda grupa u svetskoj populaciji Preveo Ivica Pavlović
7 talks on how we make choices | Playlist Now playing Over the years, research has shown a counterintuitive fact about human nature: That sometimes, having too much choice makes us less happy. This may even be true when it comes to medical treatment. Baba Shiv shares a fascinating study that measures why choice opens the door to doubt, and suggests that ceding control — especially on life-or-death decisions — may be the best thing for us. Novo zlatno doba Prikaz knjige Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press/Harvard University Press 2014 Tomas Piketi, profesor Ekonomskog fakulteta u Parizu, nije poznato ime, iako će se to možda promeniti objavljivanjem engleskog prevoda njegove veličanstvene, sveobuhvatne meditacije o nejednakosti, Kapital u dvadeset prvom veku. Međutim, njegov uticaj je dubok. Često se može čuti da živimo u drugom zlatnom dobu – ili, kako Piketi voli da kaže, drugom Bel epoku – definisanom neverovatnim usponom „jednog procenta“. Rezultat je revolucionarni obrat našeg razumevanja dugoročnih tendencija nejednakosti. Zato je bilo revolucionarno otkriće kada su Piketi i njegove kolege pokazali da su prihodi sada već čuvenog „jednog procenta“, pa čak i manjih grupa, zapravo prava priča u porastu nejednakosti. Međutim, današnja ekonomija je sasvim drugačija od one iz 19. veka, zar ne? To je fantastična tvrdnja – i upravo jer je toliko neverovatna mora se ispitati pažljivo i kritički. Zašto?
Graduation…now what? | Playlist Now playing Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives. “In your 20s, you may not get married or figure out exactly what career you want to pursue. But that doesn’t mean it’s a throwaway decade, says psychologist Meg Jay.
Nejednakost nije problem U svojoj čuvenoj knjizi Kapital u 21. veku, Tomas Piketi napominje da je Napoleon opravdavao koncentraciju bogatstva i visoku nejednakost u Francuskoj jer je, po njegovom mišljenju, Francuska bila meritokratska država. Ako ste bili vredni i nadareni, mogli ste da napredujete – čak i u to vreme. Takve preterane tvrdnje o pokretljivosti dugo su bile argument povlašćenih sa vrha lestvice bogatstva. Ekonomski konzervativci su ranije često tvrdili da je nejednakost u redu dokle god je prihodna pokretljivost velika. Ekonomski podaci sakupljani od početka 2000-ih ubedljivo pokazuju da je američka društvena pokretljivost slaba i da je takva već pola veka – naime, znatno je niža od naših navodno stratifikovanih evropskih konkurenata, gde su društvene sigurnosne mreže mnogo čvršće i porezi mnogo viši. Prihodna pokretljivost se obično meri tako što se utvrdi da li deca roditelja iz jedne prihodne grupe – recimo, donjih 20 odsto – prelaze u narednu petinu, pa zatim dalje.
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