korrents

On the map

Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.

← Adam Smith’s vision of how greedy self-interest serves the public good is unnatural.

16 connected korrents · 12 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under fiscal policy fiscal policy Everything filed under government government Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Adam Smith’s vision of how greedy self-interest serves the public good is unnatural. Adam Smith’s vision of how greedyself-interest serves the public good isunnatural. Last stated yesterday 14 Oct 2026 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: By pursuing their own interest, people frequently serve society better than when they set out to serve it — tap to centre the map on it By pursuing their own interest,people frequently serve societybetter than when they set out toserve it Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is an unsatiating reason to want wealth that has nothing to do with greed: a classical utilitarian wants resources in order to create new happy beings. — tap to centre the map on it There is an unsatiating reason towant wealth that has nothing to dowith greed: a classical utilitarianwants resources in order to createnew happy beings. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 PT Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it Working on how good the long-runfuture is does not require acceptingconsequentialism or believing thatyou should always maximise the good. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market economy rewards putting land under campsites and horse liveries rather than under food, and that is the wrong thing to reward. — tap to centre the map on it A market economy rewards puttingland under campsites and horseliveries rather than under food, andthat is the wrong thing to reward. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Dec 2023 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2023-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeking special tax treatment that could not sustainably be extended to everyone is morally wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Seeking special tax treatment thatcould not sustainably be extended toeveryone is morally wrong. Last stated 5 months ago 9 May 2026 JB Josh Barro — holds since 2026-05-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether a more equal distribution of wealth is attainable is uncertain; if it is not, Providence is cruel — tap to centre the map on it Whether a more equal distribution ofwealth is attainable is uncertain;if it is not, Providence is cruel Last stated 133 years ago 10 May 1893 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1893-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should act on the assumption that we have almost no idea what the best futures would look like, so committing today to any particular vision would be a great mistake. — tap to centre the map on it We should act on the assumption thatwe have almost no idea what the bestfutures would look like, socommitting today to any particularvision would be a great mistake. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A country should raise revenue bytariffing foreign countries ratherthan by taxing its own citizens. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Jan 2025 DT Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output. — tap to centre the map on it A fiscal expansion when the economyis already at potential outputprompts monetary tightening thatdampens or eliminates its effect onoutput. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A thriving society needs both the left's redistributing of resources and the right's producing and conserving of them — tap to centre the map on it A thriving society needs both theleft's redistributing of resourcesand the right's producing andconserving of them Last stated 3 years ago 11 May 2023 RB Roy Baumeister — holds since 2023-05-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it A free person asks neither what thecountry can do for them nor whatthey can do for the country MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it A policy of freedom for theindividual is still the only trulyprogressive policy, as in thenineteenth century FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: Computers should allow users to install any software — tap to centre the map on it Computers should allow users toinstall any software Last stated 3 years ago 26 Jan 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-01-26 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wordinga cloud: claims about one subject, named for itbar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 1776 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is todaya face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are

At the centre Adam Smith’s vision of how greedy self-interest serves the public good is unnatural. Last stated 14 Oct 2026 · yesterday Holds John H. Cochrane Read this korrent →