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← Most people in the past were extremely poor, unable to meet even their most basic needs with their income.

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 29 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under housing housing Everything filed under America America Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Most people in the past were extremely poor, unable to meet even their most basic needs with their income. Most people in the past were extremelypoor, unable to meet even their most basicneeds with their income. Last stated 4 weeks ago 7 Oct 2026 JH Jeremy Horpedahl — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making it hard for people to start and run businesses, and constantly getting in their way, makes everyone poorer. — tap to centre the map on it Making it hard for people to startand run businesses, and constantlygetting in their way, makes everyonepoorer. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without the poor laws the common people would on the whole have been much happier — tap to centre the map on it Without the poor laws the commonpeople would on the whole have beenmuch happier TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: It would be better, even economically, to prevent poverty by giving everyone something to begin with at 21 — tap to centre the map on it It would be better, eveneconomically, to prevent poverty bygiving everyone something to beginwith at 21 TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of society’s problems run downstream of housing affordability. — tap to centre the map on it Most of society’s problems rundownstream of housing affordability. Last stated 10 months ago 6 Jan 2026 MH Morgan Housel — holds since 2026-01-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: No society can flourish when most of its members are poor, and those who feed and house everyone deserve to be decently fed and housed — tap to centre the map on it No society can flourish when most ofits members are poor, and those whofeed and house everyone deserve tobe decently fed and housed Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many people with great wealth and power are almost completely cut off from the world. — tap to centre the map on it Many people with great wealth andpower are almost completely cut offfrom the world. Last stated 2 weeks ago 15 Oct 2026 TS Timothy Snyder — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The material living standards of the poorest Americans are shockingly bad given the overall high living standards. — tap to centre the map on it The material living standards of thepoorest Americans are shockingly badgiven the overall high livingstandards. Last stated 3 days ago 29 Oct 2026 MY Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: True poverty is being superrich but having to drive a car with bulletproof glass — tap to centre the map on it True poverty is being superrich buthaving to drive a car withbulletproof glass Last stated 2 weeks ago 17 Oct 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — 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
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At the centre Most people in the past were extremely poor, unable to meet even their most basic needs with their income. Last stated 7 Oct 2026 · 4 weeks ago Holds Jeremy Horpedahl Read this korrent →