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10 connected korrents · 10 moments from 9 Nov 2009 to 26 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Now that everybody has access to everything, the diligent are no longer rewarded the way they used to be
Now that everybody has access to everything, the diligent are no longer rewarded the way they used to be
Last stated 17 years ago
9 Nov 2009
AS
Alice Schroeder — holds since 2009-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Increasing regulatory burden on businesses leads to decreased wealth for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it
Increasing regulatory burden on businesses leads to decreased wealth for everyone.
Last stated a week ago
26 Sept 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it
A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price.
Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
EZ
Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it
A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price.
Last stated a month ago
26 Aug 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 putting land under campsites and horse liveries rather than under food, and that is the wrong thing to reward.
Last stated 3 years ago
9 Dec 2023
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2023-12-09 — 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 justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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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 is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it
A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — 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 a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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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 is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
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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 a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2009 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are